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I was honoured

  • 1 he was honoured at a banquet

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > he was honoured at a banquet

  • 2 the mayor was honoured with a title

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the mayor was honoured with a title

  • 3 honoured

    ['ɔnəd]
    прил.; брит.; амер. honored
    1) уважаемый; заслуженный; почтенный

    He was honoured to be invited. — Он заслужил, чтобы его пригласили.

    Syn:

    Англо-русский современный словарь > honoured

  • 4 honour

    1.
    (Brit.)noun
    1) no indef. art. (reputation) Ehre, die

    do honour to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache zur Ehre gereichen (geh.); jemandem/einer Sache Ehre machen

    2) (respect) Hochachtung, die

    do somebody honour, do honour to somebody — jemandem Ehre erweisen; (show appreciation of) jemanden würdigen

    in honour of somethingum etwas gebührend zu feiern

    3) (privilege) Ehre, die

    may I have the honour [of the next dance]? — darf ich [um den nächsten Tanz] bitten?

    4) no art. (ethical quality) Ehre, die

    he is a man of honourer ist ein Ehrenmann od. Mann von Ehre

    feel [in] honour bound to do something — sich moralisch verpflichtet fühlen, etwas zu tun

    promise [up]on one's honour — sein Ehrenwort geben

    5) (distinction) Auszeichnung, die; (title) Ehrentitel, der; in pl. (Univ.)

    she gained honours in her exam, she passed [the exam] with honours — sie hat das Examen mit Auszeichnung bestanden

    6) in pl.

    do the honours(coll.) (introduce guests) die Honneurs machen; (serve guests) den Gastgeber spielen

    your Honour(Brit. Law) hohes Gericht; Euer Ehren

    8) (person or thing that brings credit)

    be an honour to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache Ehre machen

    2. transitive verb
    1) ehren; würdigen [Verdienste, besondere Eigenschaften]

    be honoured as an artistals Künstler Anerkennung finden

    honour somebody with one's presence(iron.) jemanden mit seiner Gegenwart beehren

    2) (acknowledge) beachten [Vorschriften]; respektieren [Gebräuche, Rechte]
    3) (fulfil) sich halten an (+ Akk.); (Commerc.) honorieren; begleichen [Rechnung, Schuld]
    * * *
    ['onə] 1. noun
    1) (respect for truth, honesty etc: a man of honour.) die Ehre
    2) ((the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation: We must fight for the honour of our country.) die Ehre
    3) (fame; glory: He won honour on the field of battle.) das Ansehen
    4) (respect: This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.) die Ehre
    5) (something which a person feels to be a reason for pride etc: It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.) die Ehre
    6) (a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc: He has received many honours for his research into cancer.) die Ehrung
    7) ((with capital: with His, Your etc) a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.) Titel der Richter
    2. verb
    1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) ehren
    2) (to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to: Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?) beehren
    3) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) ehren
    4) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.) erfüllen
    - academic.ru/35477/honorary">honorary
    - honourable
    - honours
    - in honour bound
    - honour bound
    - on one's honour
    - word of honour
    * * *
    hon·our, AM hon·or
    [ˈɒnəʳ, AM ˈɑ:nɚ]
    I. n
    1. no pl (honesty) Ehre f
    I want to win so that \honour is satisfied ich will gewinnen, damit meine Ehre wiederhergestellt ist hum
    the children were on their \honour to go to bed at ten o'clock die Kinder hatten versprochen, um zehn Uhr ins Bett zu gehen
    one's word of \honour sein Ehrenwort nt
    to be/feel [in] \honour bound to do sth es als seine Pflicht ansehen, etw zu tun
    2. no pl (esteem)
    as a mark of \honour als Zeichen der Ehre
    in the place of \honour am Ehrenplatz
    in \honour of sb/sth zu Ehren einer Person/S. gen
    3. usu sing (credit)
    to be [or bring] [or do] an \honour to sb/sth jdm/etw Ehre machen
    these women were an \honour to their country diese Frauen haben ihrem Land alle Ehre gemacht
    4. (privilege) Ehre f
    to do sb the \honour of doing sth ( form or hum) jdm die Ehre erweisen, etw zu tun geh
    she did me the \honour of allowing me to help her with the washing-up sie war so gnädig, mir zu gestatten, ihr beim Abwasch zu helfen iron
    to have the \honour of doing sth die Ehre haben, etw zu tun a. iron
    5. (reputation) guter Ruf
    to stake one's \honour on sth sein Ehrenwort für etw akk geben
    6. (award) Auszeichnung f
    7. no pl (competence)
    to acquit oneself with \honour sich akk durch gute Leistungen auszeichnen
    Her H\honour die vorsitzende Richterin
    His H\honour der vorsitzende Richter
    Your H\honour Euer Ehren
    9. (in golf) Recht, den Golfball vom ersten Abschlag zu spielen
    to defend one's \honour ( dated) seine Ehre verteidigen
    11.
    \honour bright BRIT ( dated) ehrlich
    on [or upon] my \honour bei meiner Ehre
    there's \honour among thieves ( prov) es gibt auch so etwas wie Ganovenehre
    II. vt
    1. ( form: respect)
    to \honour sb/sth jdn/etw in Ehren halten
    to be [or feel] \honoured sich akk geehrt fühlen
    2. (praise)
    to \honour sb/sth [with sth] jdn/etw [mit etw dat] ehren
    to \honour sth order etw erfüllen
    4. (grace)
    to \honour sth with one's presence etw mit seiner Gegenwart beehren
    5. FIN (accept)
    to \honour sth etw anerkennen und bezahlen; bill etw begleichen
    * * *
    (US) ['ɒnə(r)]
    1. n
    1) Ehre f

    he decided to make it a point of honour, never to... — er schwor sich (dat), nie zu...

    there is honour among thieveses gibt so etwas wie Ganovenehre

    honour where honour is due —

    you're on your honour not to leave — Sie haben Ihr Ehrenwort gegeben, dass Sie bleiben

    he's put me on my honour not to tell — ich habe ihm mein Ehrenwort gegeben, dass ich nichts sage

    to do honour to sb (at funeral) — jdm die letzte Ehre erweisen; (action, thought etc) jdm zur Ehre gereichen

    in honour of sb — zu Ehren von jdm, zu jds Ehren; of dead person in ehrendem Andenken an jdn

    in honour of sth — zu Ehren von etw; of past thing

    may I have the honour of accompanying you? (form) — ich bitte um die Ehre, Sie begleiten zu dürfen (geh)

    he is honour bound to do it — es ist Ehrensache für ihn, das zu tun

    2)

    (= title) Your Honour — Hohes Gericht

    the case was up before His Honour, Sir Charles — der Fall wurde unter dem Vorsitz des vorsitzenden Richters Sir Charles verhandelt

    3)

    (= distinction, award) honours — Ehren pl, Auszeichnung(en) f(pl)

    with full military honours —

    New Year's HonourTitelverleihung f am Neujahrstag

    4)

    to do the honours (inf) — die Honneurs machen; (on private occasions) den Gastgeber spielen

    5) (UNIV)

    honours (also honours degree)akademischer Grad mit Prüfung im Spezialfach

    to do or take honours in English — Englisch belegen, um den "Honours Degree" zu erwerben

    to get first-class honours — das Examen mit Auszeichnung or "sehr gut" bestehen

    6) (GOLF)
    7) (CARDS) eine der (beim Bridge) 5 bzw. (beim Whist) 4 höchsten Karten einer Farbe
    2. vt
    1) person ehren

    I should be ( deeply) honoured if you... —

    it's Angelika, we ARE honoured (iro)

    would you honour me by dining with me tonight? — würden Sie mir die Ehre erweisen, heute Abend mit mir zu speisen? (geh)

    2) cheque annehmen, einlösen; debt begleichen; bill of exchange respektieren; obligation nachkommen (+dat); commitment stehen zu; credit card anerkennen; pledge, promise halten, einlösen; agreement, contract sich halten an (+acc), erfüllen
    * * *
    honour, honourable, etc besonders Br für honor, honorable etc
    honor, besonders Br honour [ˈɒnə; US ˈɑnər]
    A v/t
    1. ehren:
    I’m honored oft iron ich fühle mich geehrt;
    a performance honoring eine Vorstellung zu Ehren von (od gen)
    2. ehren, auszeichnen:
    honor sb with sth jemandem etwas verleihen
    3. beehren ( with mit):
    honor sb with one’s presence
    4. zur Ehre gereichen (dat), Ehre machen (dat)
    5. einer Einladung etc Folge leisten
    6. honorieren, anerkennen
    7. respektieren
    8. WIRTSCH
    a) einen Wechsel, Scheck honorieren, einlösen
    b) eine Schuld bezahlen
    c) einen Vertrag erfüllen
    B s
    1. Ehre f:
    (sense of) honor Ehrgefühl n;
    (there is) honor among thieves (es gibt so etwas wie) Ganovenehre;
    feel (in) honor bound sich moralisch verpflichtet fühlen ( to do zu tun);
    honor to whom honor is due Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt;
    (up)on my honor!, Br umg honor bright! Ehrenwort!;
    be (up)on one’s honor sein Ehrenwort gegeben haben ( to do zu tun);
    do sb honor jemandem zur Ehre gereichen, jemandem Ehre machen;
    do sb the honor of doing sth jemandem die Ehre erweisen, etwas zu tun;
    I have the honor ich habe die Ehre (of doing, to do zu tun);
    may I have the honor (of the next dance)? darf ich (um den nächsten Tanz) bitten?;
    put sb on their honor jemanden bei seiner Ehre packen;
    his honor it must be said that … zu seiner Ehre muss gesagt werden, dass …; court A 10, debt 1, etc
    2. Ehrung f, Ehre(n) f(pl):
    a) Ehrerbietung f, Ehrenbezeigung f
    b) Hochachtung f, Ehrfurcht f
    c) Auszeichnung f, (Ehren)Titel m, Ehrenamt n, -zeichen n:
    in honor of sb, sb’s honor zu jemandes Ehren, jemandem zu Ehren;
    honors pl of war ehrenvoller Abzug;
    have ( oder hold) sb in honor jemanden in Ehren halten;
    pay sb the last ( oder funeral) honors jemandem die letzte Ehre erweisen
    3. Ehre f (Jungfräulichkeit):
    lose one’s honor die Ehre verlieren
    4. Ehre f, Zierde f:
    he is an honor to his school (parents) er ist eine Zierde seiner Schule (er macht seinen Eltern Ehre);
    what an honor to my poor abode! oft iron welcher Glanz in meiner Hütte!
    5. Golf: Ehre f (Berechtigung, den ersten Schlag auf einem Abschlag zu machen):
    it is his honor er hat die Ehre
    6. pl UNIV besondere Auszeichnung: honors degree
    7. Kartenspiel: Bild n
    8. do the honors als Gastgeber(in) fungieren
    9. JUR His Honor Judge Brown Richter Brown;
    Your Honor hohes Gericht, Herr Vorsitzender
    * * *
    1.
    (Brit.)noun
    1) no indef. art. (reputation) Ehre, die

    do honour to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache zur Ehre gereichen (geh.); jemandem/einer Sache Ehre machen

    2) (respect) Hochachtung, die

    do somebody honour, do honour to somebody — jemandem Ehre erweisen; (show appreciation of) jemanden würdigen

    3) (privilege) Ehre, die

    may I have the honour [of the next dance]? — darf ich [um den nächsten Tanz] bitten?

    4) no art. (ethical quality) Ehre, die

    feel [in] honour bound to do something — sich moralisch verpflichtet fühlen, etwas zu tun

    promise [up]on one's honour — sein Ehrenwort geben

    5) (distinction) Auszeichnung, die; (title) Ehrentitel, der; in pl. (Univ.)

    she gained honours in her exam, she passed [the exam] with honours — sie hat das Examen mit Auszeichnung bestanden

    6) in pl.

    do the honours(coll.) (introduce guests) die Honneurs machen; (serve guests) den Gastgeber spielen

    your Honour(Brit. Law) hohes Gericht; Euer Ehren

    8) (person or thing that brings credit)

    be an honour to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache Ehre machen

    2. transitive verb
    1) ehren; würdigen [Verdienste, besondere Eigenschaften]

    honour somebody with one's presence(iron.) jemanden mit seiner Gegenwart beehren

    2) (acknowledge) beachten [Vorschriften]; respektieren [Gebräuche, Rechte]
    3) (fulfil) sich halten an (+ Akk.); (Commerc.) honorieren; begleichen [Rechnung, Schuld]
    * * *
    (UK) n.
    Ehre -n f. v.
    beehren v.
    ehren v.

    English-german dictionary > honour

  • 5 ehren

    v/t
    1. (Ehre erweisen) hono(u)r; Ihr Besuch / Vertrauen ehrt mich sehr your visit / confidence flatters me greatly; mit einer Medaille geehrt werden be presented with a medal; sich geehrt fühlen be ( oder feel) hono(u)red
    2. (zur Ehre gereichen) do s.o. credit
    3. altm. (achten) respect; du sollst Vater und Mutter ehren BIBL. hono(u)r thy father and thy mother; ehrend, geehrt, Pfennig
    * * *
    to reverence; to honour; to revere; to dignify; to honor; to salute; to venerate
    * * *
    eh|ren ['eːrən]
    vt
    (= Achtung erweisen, würdigen) to honour (Brit), to honor (US)

    etw ehrt jdnsth does sb credit or hono(u)r

    dein Besuch/Ihr Vertrauen ehrt mich — I am hono(u)red by your visit/trust

    der Präsident ehrte den Preisträger in einer Rede — the president made a speech in hono(u)r of the prizewinner

    der Preisträger wurde in einer Rede geehrt — a speech was made or there was a speech in hono(u)r of the prizewinner

    jdm ein éhrendes Andenken bewahren — to treasure sb's memory

    du sollst Vater und Mutter éhren (Bibl)hono(u)r thy father and thy mother

    See:
    auch geehrt
    * * *
    1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) honour
    2) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) honour
    * * *
    eh·ren
    [ˈe:rən]
    vt
    jdn [durch etw akk [o mit dat]] \ehren to honour [or AM -or] sb [with sth]
    2. (Ehre machen)
    jdn \ehren to make sb feel honoured [or AM -ored]
    dieser Besuch ehrt uns sehr we are very much honoured by this visit
    * * *
    1) (Ehre erweisen) honour

    sehr geehrter Herr Müller/sehr geehrte Frau Müller — usw. Dear Herr Müller/Dear Frau Müller etc.

    * * *
    ehren v/t
    1. (Ehre erweisen) hono(u)r;
    Ihr Besuch/Vertrauen ehrt mich sehr your visit/confidence flatters me greatly;
    mit einer Medaille geehrt werden be presented with a medal;
    sich geehrt fühlen be ( oder feel) hono(u)red
    2. (zur Ehre gereichen) do sb credit
    3. obs (achten) respect;
    du sollst Vater und Mutter ehren BIBEL hono(u)r thy father and thy mother; ehrend, geehrt, Pfennig
    * * *
    1) (Ehre erweisen) honour

    sehr geehrter Herr Müller/sehr geehrte Frau Müller — usw. Dear Herr Müller/Dear Frau Müller etc.

    * * *
    v.
    to dignify v.
    to honour v.
    to revere v.
    to venerate v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > ehren

  • 6 distinguir

    v.
    1 to distinguish.
    ¿tú distingues estas dos camisas? can you tell the difference between these two shirts?
    me es imposible distinguirlos I can't tell them apart
    distinguir algo de algo to tell something from something
    Ella distingue los colores She distinguishes the colors.
    Ella distingue a los gemelos She distinguishes the twins.
    El rector distinguió al profesor The rector distinguished the professor.
    Ella distinguió She distinguished.
    2 to distinguish, to characterize.
    distinguir algo/a alguien de to distinguish something/somebody from, to set something/somebody apart from
    3 to honor.
    hoy nos distingue con su presencia Don… today we are honored to have with us Mr…
    4 to make out.
    ¿distingues algo? can you see anything?, can you make anything out? (al mirar)
    5 to differentiate, to know the difference.
    * * *
    (gu changes to g before a and o)
    Present Indicative
    distingo, distingues, distingue, distinguimos, distinguís, distinguen.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    distingue (tú), distinga (él/Vd.), distingamos (nos.), distinguid (vos.), distingan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    1) to differentiate, distinguish
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=diferenciar)
    a) (=ver la diferencia entre) to distinguish

    no resulta fácil distinguir a los mellizos — it is not easy to tell the twins apart, it's not easy to distinguish between the twins

    ¿sabes distinguir un violín de una viola? — can you tell o distinguish a violin from a viola?

    b) (=hacer diferente) to set apart

    lo que nos distingue de los animales — what distinguishes us from the animals, what sets us apart from the animals

    c) (=hacer una distinción entre) to distinguish
    2) (=ver) [+ objeto, sonido] to make out

    ya distingo la costaI can see o make out the coast now

    3) (=honrar) [+ amigo, alumno] to honour, honor (EEUU)
    4) (=elegir) to single out
    2.
    VI (=ver la diferencia) to tell the difference ( entre between)
    (=hacer una distinción) to make a distinction ( entre between)

    lo mismo le da un vino malo que uno bueno, no distingue — it's all the same to him whether it's a bad wine or a good one, he can't tell the difference

    en su discurso, distinguió entre el viejo y el nuevo liberalismo — in his speech he made a distinction between the old and the new liberalism

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( diferenciar) to distinguish

    distinguir una cosa de otrato tell o distinguish one thing from another

    b) ( caracterizar) to characterize
    2) ( percibir) to make out

    se distinguía claramente el ruido de las olas — we/he/they could clearly make out the sound of the waves

    3) (con medalla, honor) to honor*
    2.

    distinguirse por algo: se distinguió por su valentía he distinguished himself by his bravery; nuestros productos se distinguen por su calidad our products are distinguished by their quality; distinguirse en algo — to distinguish oneself in something

    * * *
    = delineate, discern, distinguish, draw + distinction, segregate, sift, single out, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, mark out, tell + apart, set + Nombre + apart, tease apart, decouple, discern, make out.
    Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex. Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex. In order to distinguish between all these subjects it is inevitable that longer notations are used.
    Ex. You have failed to draw the correct distinction between a discipline and a phenomenon studied by a discipline.
    Ex. In summary, the advantages of the electronic catalog is the ability to segregate the fast searches from the slowest.
    Ex. Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.
    Ex. Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex. Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.
    Ex. To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.
    Ex. No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.
    Ex. What sets them apart is, primarily, the commercial considerations that directly affect the publishers' gatekeeper role but only indirectly affect that of the librarians.
    Ex. The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex. The physical library will probably become less viable over time and so it is important to decouple the information professional from the library unit.
    Ex. Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex. She could just make out that he was standing against the wall near the door, ready to jump anyone who came out the door.
    ----
    * distinguir a + Nombre + de + Nombre = mark out + Nombre + from + Nombre.
    * distinguir de = mark + Nombre + off from.
    * distinguir entre... y... = draw + the line between... and..., make + distinction between... and..., discern + Nombre + from + Nombre.
    * distinguirse = make + Posesivo + mark, be distinguishable.
    * no distinguir entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * que distingue entre mayúscula y minúscula = case-sensitive.
    * que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( diferenciar) to distinguish

    distinguir una cosa de otrato tell o distinguish one thing from another

    b) ( caracterizar) to characterize
    2) ( percibir) to make out

    se distinguía claramente el ruido de las olas — we/he/they could clearly make out the sound of the waves

    3) (con medalla, honor) to honor*
    2.

    distinguirse por algo: se distinguió por su valentía he distinguished himself by his bravery; nuestros productos se distinguen por su calidad our products are distinguished by their quality; distinguirse en algo — to distinguish oneself in something

    * * *
    = delineate, discern, distinguish, draw + distinction, segregate, sift, single out, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, mark out, tell + apart, set + Nombre + apart, tease apart, decouple, discern, make out.

    Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.

    Ex: Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex: In order to distinguish between all these subjects it is inevitable that longer notations are used.
    Ex: You have failed to draw the correct distinction between a discipline and a phenomenon studied by a discipline.
    Ex: In summary, the advantages of the electronic catalog is the ability to segregate the fast searches from the slowest.
    Ex: Thus many non-relevant documents have been retrieved and examined in the process of sifting relevant and non-relevant documents.
    Ex: Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex: Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.
    Ex: To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.
    Ex: No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.
    Ex: What sets them apart is, primarily, the commercial considerations that directly affect the publishers' gatekeeper role but only indirectly affect that of the librarians.
    Ex: The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.
    Ex: The physical library will probably become less viable over time and so it is important to decouple the information professional from the library unit.
    Ex: Such variations also make it difficult for a cataloguer inserting a new heading for local use to discern the principles which should be heeded in the construction of such a heading.
    Ex: She could just make out that he was standing against the wall near the door, ready to jump anyone who came out the door.
    * distinguir a + Nombre + de + Nombre = mark out + Nombre + from + Nombre.
    * distinguir de = mark + Nombre + off from.
    * distinguir entre... y... = draw + the line between... and..., make + distinction between... and..., discern + Nombre + from + Nombre.
    * distinguirse = make + Posesivo + mark, be distinguishable.
    * no distinguir entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * que distingue entre mayúscula y minúscula = case-sensitive.
    * que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.

    * * *
    distinguir [I2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (diferenciar) to distinguish
    no sabe distinguir una nota de otra she can't tell o distinguish one note from another
    he aprendido a distinguir los diferentes compositores I've learnt to distinguish (between) o recognize the different composers
    son tan parecidos que es muy difícil distinguirlos they look so much alike it's very difficult to tell them apart o to tell one from the other o to distinguish between them
    yo la distinguiría entre mil I'd recognize o know her anywhere, I could pick her out in a crowd
    2 (caracterizar) to characterize
    B (percibir) to make out
    a lo lejos se distingue la catedral the cathedral can be seen in the distance
    entre los matorrales pudo distinguir algo que se movía she could make out o see something moving in the bushes
    se distinguía claramente el ruido de las olas the sound of the waves could be clearly heard, we/he/they could clearly hear o make out the sound of the waves
    C (con una medalla, un honor) to honor*
    los distinguió con su presencia ( frml); she honored them with her presence ( frml)
    ■ distinguir
    vi
    (discernir): hay que saber distinguir para apreciar la diferencia you have to be discerning to appreciate the difference
    (destacarse) distinguirse POR algo:
    se distinguió por su talento musical he became famous o renowned for his musical talent
    se distinguió por su valor en el combate he distinguished himself by his bravery in battle
    nuestros productos se distinguen por su calidad our products stand out for their quality, our products are distinguished by o for their quality
    distinguirse EN algo to distinguish oneself IN sth, to make a name for oneself IN sth
    * * *

     

    distinguir ( conjugate distinguir) verbo transitivo
    1


    2 ( percibir) ‹figura/sonido to make out
    3 (con medalla, honor) to honor( conjugate honor)
    distinguirse verbo pronominal ( destacarse): distinguirse por algo [ persona] to distinguish oneself by sth;
    [ producto] to be distinguished by sth
    distinguir verbo transitivo
    1 (reconocer) to recognize
    2 (apreciar la diferencia) to distinguish: no soy capaz de distinguir a Juan de su hermano gemelo, I can't tell Juan from his twin brother
    3 (conferir un privilegio, honor) to honour, US honor
    4 (verse, apreciarse) to make out
    ' distinguir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discriminar
    - caracterizar
    English:
    differentiate
    - discern
    - distinction
    - distinguish
    - make out
    - pick out
    - separate
    - single out
    - tell
    - tell apart
    - define
    - discriminate
    - know
    - make
    - mark
    - pick
    - right
    - set
    * * *
    vt
    1. [diferenciar] to distinguish, to tell the difference between;
    ¿tú distingues estas dos camisas? can you tell the difference between these two shirts?;
    me es imposible distinguirlos I can't tell them apart;
    Kant distingue varios tipos de “razón” Kant distinguishes between several kinds of “reason”;
    distinguir algo de algo to tell sth from sth;
    por teléfono no distingo tu voz de la de tu madre I can't tell your voice from your mother's on the telephone;
    no distinguen el verde del azul they can't tell green from blue
    2. [caracterizar] to distinguish, to characterize;
    distinguir algo/a alguien de to distinguish sth/sb from, to set sth/sb apart from;
    esto lo distingue del resto de los mamíferos this distinguishes it from other mammals;
    ¿qué es lo que distingue a un gorila? what are the main characteristics of a gorilla?;
    el grado de adherencia distingue los diversos tipos de neumático the different types of tyre are distinguished by their road-holding capacity;
    su amabilidad la distingue de las demás her kindness sets her apart from the rest
    3. [premiar] to honour;
    ha sido distinguido con numerosos premios he has been honoured with numerous prizes;
    hoy nos distingue con su presencia Don… today we are honoured to have with us Mr…
    4. [vislumbrar, escuchar] to make out;
    ¿distingues algo? [al mirar] can you see anything?, can you make anything out?;
    desde aquí no distingo si es ella o no I can't see if it's her or not from here;
    podía distinguir su voz I could make out her voice
    vi
    to differentiate, to know the difference ( entre between);
    el público distingue entre un buen y un mal tenor the audience can tell o knows the difference between a good and a bad tenor;
    estudiando mucho uno aprende a distinguir after a lot of study one learns how to discriminate
    * * *
    v/t
    1 distinguish (de from)
    2 ( divisar) make out;
    distinguir algo lejano make out sth in the distance
    3 con un premio honor, Br
    honour
    * * *
    distinguir {26} vt
    1) : to distinguish
    2) : to honor
    * * *
    1. (diferenciar) to distinguish / to tell the difference [pt. & pp. told]
    los gemelos son difíciles de distinguir the twins are hard to tell apart / it's hard to tell the twins apart
    2. (ver) to make out / to see [pt. saw; pp. seen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > distinguir

  • 7 honour

    1. [ʹɒnə] n
    1. 1) честь, честность

    professional /business/ honour - профессиональная честь /этика/

    on /upon/ my honour, word of honour - честное слово

    to be on /upon/ one's honour, to pledge one's honour - дать честное слово, поклясться честью

    we were on our honour not to cheat at the exam - мы дали честное слово не списывать на экзамене

    to put smb. on his honour - заставить кого-л. дать честное слово; связать кого-л. словом; поверить кому-л. на слово

    2) честь, благородство

    soul of honour - воплощённое благородство; благороднейший человек

    code [court] of honour - кодекс [суд] чести

    to conduct oneself with honour - вести себя благородно, проявить благородство

    to be bound in honour to do smth. - считать своим долгом сделать что-л., считать себя (морально) обязанным сделать что-л.

    in honour - по чести, считая своим моральным долгом

    I cannot in honour accept this money - я не могу, по совести, принять эти деньги

    2. 1) честь, доброе имя, хорошая репутация

    to defend one's honour - защищать свою честь /доброе имя/

    to lose one's honour - потерять честь, обесчестить себя, покрыть себя бесчестием

    2) (женская) честь; целомудрие, добродетель, чистота
    3. 1) почёт, почесть; уважение, почтение

    guard of honour - почётный караул; караул почёта

    place /seat/ of honour - почётное место

    maid of honour - фрейлина (при королеве и т. п.)

    peace with honour - почётный мир, мир на почётных условиях

    in honour of smb., smth. - в честь кого-л., чего-л.; в знак уважения к кому-л., чему-л.; в память о ком-л., чём-л.

    dinner [reception] in honour of smb. - обед [приём] в чью-л. честь

    to have /to hold/ in honour - чтить

    to give /to pay/ honour - а) оказывать уважение, свидетельствовать почтение; б) воздавать должное (героям и т. п.); оказывать почести; [см. тж. 5, 1)]

    I take your visit as a great honour - я считаю ваш визит большой честью для себя

    honour lap - спорт. круг почёта

    2) честь, слава

    to win honour in battle - заслужить /стяжать/ боевую славу; добыть славу в бою

    to be an honour to one's school [to one's family] - делать честь своей школе [своей семье]; быть гордостью своей школы [своей семьи]

    honour roll - а) школ. список отличников; б) список погибших на войне или участников войны (на памятнике и т. п.)

    Olympic Games honour rolls - а) почётный список участников Олимпийских игр; б) список победителей Олимпийских игр

    to whom have I the honour of speaking? - с кем имею честь (говорить)?

    may I have the honour of your company at dinner?, will you do me the honour of dining with me? - разрешите (мне) пригласить вас на обед, окажите мне честь отобедать со мной

    2) (Honour) честь ( титул)

    Your Honour - ваша честь (в обращении к судье, мэру и т. п.)

    5. pl
    1) почести

    the last /funeral/ honours - последние почести, погребальная церемония

    to render /to give, to pay/ honours - оказывать /отдавать, воздавать/ почести

    to receive smb. with full /all due/ honours - принять кого-л. со всеми (подобающими) почестями

    honours and ceremonies - мор. отдание чести

    honours of war - воен. почётные условия сдачи (сохранение оружия, знамён и т. п.)

    2) (правительственные) награды; ордена
    6. pl унив. отличие ( при сдаче экзаменов)

    honour system - сдача наиболее способными студентами особых испытаний, дающая право на диплом с отличием ( в Великобритании) [см. тж. honour system]

    honour course - дополнительные занятия и исследовательская работа, дающие право на диплом с отличием

    7. pl карт. онёры ( старшие козырные карты)
    8. уст. поклон, реверанс

    honour bright! - честное слово!

    to do the honours of the house - принимать /занимать/ гостей; исполнять обязанности хозяина

    to do the honours of the table - быть хозяином /хозяйкой/ за столом, угощать гостей; провозглашать тосты

    all honour to him! - слава ему!; честь и хвала ему!

    honour to whom /where/ honour is due - посл. ≅ по заслугам и честь; всякому своё

    to meet due honour - фин. быть акцептованным /оплаченным/ ( о векселе)

    for (the) honour (of) - фин. для спасения кредита (об акцептовании тратты, векселя)

    it's my [your] honour - теперь моя [ваша] очередь ( гольф)

    2. [ʹɒnə] v
    1. почитать, чтить

    I feel highly honoured - благодарю за честь, очень польщён

    we are very much honoured by your company - вы оказали нам большую честь (своим присутствием)

    honour thy father and thy mother - библ. чти отца своего и мать свою

    I honour you for that - я уважаю вас за это; это делает вам честь в моих глазах

    2. (with) удостаивать

    he honoured me with an invitation [with his confidence] - он удостоил меня приглашением [своим доверием]

    3. соблюдать ( условия); выполнять ( обязательства)

    to honour one's commitments [a contract] - выполнять свои обязательства [контракт]

    4. фин. акцептовать ( тратту); оплатить (тратту, чек)

    НБАРС > honour

  • 8 honour

    'onə
    1. noun
    1) (respect for truth, honesty etc: a man of honour.) honradez
    2) ((the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation: We must fight for the honour of our country.) honor
    3) (fame; glory: He won honour on the field of battle.) gloria
    4) (respect: This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.) honor
    5) (something which a person feels to be a reason for pride etc: It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.) honor
    6) (a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc: He has received many honours for his research into cancer.) distinción, condecoración
    7) ((with capital: with His, Your etc) a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.) Su Señoría

    2. verb
    1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) honrar
    2) (to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to: Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?) honrar
    3) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) condecorar
    4) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.) cumplir
    - honourable
    - honours
    - in honour bound
    - honour bound
    - on one's honour
    - word of honour

    honour n honor
    Se escribe honour en inglés británico, en inglés americano se escribe honor
    tr['ɒnəSMALLr/SMALL]
    1 (virtue) honor nombre masculino, honra
    2 (title) Su Señoría
    Her Honour, His Honour, Your Honour Su Señoría
    1 (respect) honrar
    2 (cheque) pagar, aceptar; (promise, word, agreement) cumplir
    1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL honores nombre masculino plural
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to do honour to rendir honores a
    to do the honours hacer los honores
    Honours degree licenciatura
    n.
    blasón s.m.
    condecoración s.f.
    decoro s.m.
    honor s.m.
    honra s.f.
    prez s.f.
    señoría (título) s.f. (UK)
    v.
    acatar v.
    encumbrar v.
    estimar v.
    festejar v.
    honrar v.
    laurear v. (A bill, etc.) (UK)
    v.
    aceptar (Una factura) v.
    etc (BrE) honor etc
    = honor (US) ['ɒnǝ(r)]
    1. N
    1) (=integrity, good name) honor m

    to be/feel (in) honour bound to do sth — estar/sentirse moralmente obligado a hacer algo

    it's a matter of honour — es una cuestión de honor

    on my honour! — ¡palabra de honor!

    remember, you are on your honour to report any irregularities — recuerde, es su deber moral informar de cualquier irregularidad

    to put sb on his/her honour to do sth — hacer prometer a algn que va a hacer algo

    to have a sense of honour — tener pundonor

    to be an honour to one's profession — ser un orgullo para su profesión

    - honour among thieves
    debt, word 1., 5)
    2) (=distinction, privilege) honor m

    may I have the honour (of this dance)? — ¿me concede este baile?

    would you do me the honour of having lunch with me? — ¿me haría el honor de almorzar conmigo?

    to bury sb with full military honours — sepultar a algn con todos los honores militares

    - do the honours
    guard 3., guest, lap II, 1., 1), maid, roll 1., 3)
    3) (=award) (by the state) condecoración f; (in contest) galardón m
    4) (=homage) honor m

    to do honour to sb, do sb honour — rendir honores a algn

    in honour of sth/sb — en honor a algo/algn

    His Honour Judge Brodrick — el señor Juez Brodrick

    Your Honour — (to judge) su Señoría, señor Juez; (US) (to mayor) Excelentísimo Señor, su Señoría

    6) (=chastity, virginity) honra f
    7) honours
    (Brit) (Univ)

    she got first/ second class honours in French — terminó la carrera de francés con matrícula de honor/con notable

    to take honours in chemistry — licenciarse en químicas

    to graduate with honours — licenciarse (con nota)

    8) (Bridge)
    honours honores mpl
    2. VT
    1) (=compliment) honrar

    I should be honoured if... — sería un honor para mí si...

    honoured guestinvitado(-a) m / f de honor

    to honour sb with one's presence — liter or hum honrar a algn con su presencia

    2) (=respect) honrar
    3) (=pay homage to) rendir homenaje a
    4) (=decorate) [the state, authorities] condecorar; (in contest) galardonar
    5) (=fulfil) [+ agreement, contract, promise] cumplir, cumplir con
    6) (=pay) [+ cheque] aceptar, pagar; [+ debt] liquidar, pagar
    3.
    CPD

    honor guard N(US) guardia f de honor

    honor roll N(US) cuadro m de honor

    honours degree N(Brit) (Univ) licenciatura f

    Honours List N(Brit) lista f de condecoraciones

    Birthday Honours Listlista de condecoraciones que otorga el monarca el día de su cumpleaños

    New Year Honours Listlista de condecoraciones que otorga el monarca el día de Año Nuevo

    See:
    see cultural note DEAN'S LIST in dean,
    HONOURS LIST La Honours List es una lista de personas a las que se considera merecedoras de un reconocimiento especial por su labor, tanto en la vida pública como por servicios prestados a la zona en la que viven. Esta lista es elaborada por el Primer Ministro británico con la aprobación del monarca y se publica dos veces al año, la primera en Año Nuevo - la New Year's Honours List - y la segunda en junio, el día del cumpleaños de la reina -la Queen's Birthday Honours List. En la mayoría de los casos a estas personas se les reconoce su mérito con la concesión del título de miembro de la Orden del Imperio Británico, Member of the Order of the British Empire o MBE, u oficial de la Orden del Imperio Británico Officer of the Order of the British Empire u OBE.
    * * *
    etc (BrE) honor etc

    English-spanish dictionary > honour

  • 9 honour

    I 1.
    honor ['ɒnə(r)] nome
    1) (privilege) onore m., privilegio m.

    it is an honour (for sb.) to do — è un onore (per qcn.) fare

    to give o do sb. the honour of doing concedere a qcn. l'onore di fare; to be an honour to sb., sth. fare onore a qcn., qcs.; in honour of in onore di; to what do I owe this honour? — form. o iron. a cosa devo questo onore?

    2) (high principles) onore m.

    to impugn sb.'s honour — form. mettere in dubbio l'onore di qcn.

    a point o an affair of honour una questione d'onore; to give one's word of honour — dare la propria parola d'onore

    2.
    nome plurale honours univ.

    first, second class honours — BE = diversi livelli di valutazione della laurea

    ••
    II
    honor ['ɒnə(r)] verbo transitivo
    1) (show respect for) onorare, rispettare

    to feel, be honoured — sentirsi, essere onorato (by da)

    to honour sb. by doing — form. fare onore a qcn. facendo

    2) (fulfil) onorare [cheque, debt]; rispettare [commitment, contract, obligation]; mantenere [ promise]
    * * *
    ['onə] 1. noun
    1) (respect for truth, honesty etc: a man of honour.) onore
    2) ((the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation: We must fight for the honour of our country.) onore
    3) (fame; glory: He won honour on the field of battle.) onore
    4) (respect: This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.) onore
    5) (something which a person feels to be a reason for pride etc: It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.) onore
    6) (a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc: He has received many honours for his research into cancer.) distinzione, lode
    7) ((with capital: with His, Your etc) a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.) Vostro Onore
    2. verb
    1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) onorare, fare onore a
    2) (to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to: Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?) fare l'onore
    3) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) conferire un'onorificenza
    4) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.) onorare
    - honourable
    - honours
    - in honour bound
    - honour bound
    - on one's honour
    - word of honour
    * * *
    I 1.
    honor ['ɒnə(r)] nome
    1) (privilege) onore m., privilegio m.

    it is an honour (for sb.) to do — è un onore (per qcn.) fare

    to give o do sb. the honour of doing concedere a qcn. l'onore di fare; to be an honour to sb., sth. fare onore a qcn., qcs.; in honour of in onore di; to what do I owe this honour? — form. o iron. a cosa devo questo onore?

    2) (high principles) onore m.

    to impugn sb.'s honour — form. mettere in dubbio l'onore di qcn.

    a point o an affair of honour una questione d'onore; to give one's word of honour — dare la propria parola d'onore

    2.
    nome plurale honours univ.

    first, second class honours — BE = diversi livelli di valutazione della laurea

    ••
    II
    honor ['ɒnə(r)] verbo transitivo
    1) (show respect for) onorare, rispettare

    to feel, be honoured — sentirsi, essere onorato (by da)

    to honour sb. by doing — form. fare onore a qcn. facendo

    2) (fulfil) onorare [cheque, debt]; rispettare [commitment, contract, obligation]; mantenere [ promise]

    English-Italian dictionary > honour

  • 10 distinción

    f.
    1 distinction, cachet, elegance.
    2 differentiation, distinction, discrimination.
    3 privilege, distinction.
    4 difference, distinction, dissimilitude.
    5 distinctness, distinction.
    * * *
    1 (gen) distinction
    2 (elegancia) distinction, elegance, refinement
    3 (deferencia) deference, respect, consideration
    \
    a distinción de unlike, in contrast to
    hacer una distinción con alguien to treat somebody with deference
    sin distinción de irrespective of
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=diferencia) distinction

    hacer una distinción entre... — to make a distinction between...

    a distinción de algo — unlike sth, in contrast to sth

    hacer una distinción con algn — to show special consideration to sb

    sin distinción, todos serán tratados sin distinción — everybody will be treated without distinction

    sin distinción de edadirrespective o regardless of age

    sin distinción de raza — regardless of race, without distinction of race

    2) (=privilegio) distinction

    distinción honorífica — honour, honor (EEUU)

    3) (=elegancia) elegance, refinement
    * * *
    a) ( diferencia) distinction

    hacer una distinción entre... — to draw o make a distinction between...

    b) ( elegancia) distinction, elegance
    c) (honor, condecoración) award
    * * *
    = differencing, distinction, distinguishability, divide, excellence, distinction, discernment, cachet.
    Ex. Differencing is a method for providing entries under words other than the first in a compound term.
    Ex. Variations in the extent of the description between a set of entries account to a large extent for the distinction between main, added and unit entries.
    Ex. In this article, the notion of distinguishability is used to measure the degree to which two values of an attribute are dissimilar.
    Ex. Nevertheless, this basic divide remains a useful distinction between two major categories of indexing systems.
    Ex. The limits are set by the graininess of the film, the excellence of the optical system, and the efficiency of the light sources employed.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. He was an social anthropologist associated with what has become known as functionalism, in which he put forward the idea that questions concerning the origins, stages and law of development in culture are subordinate or secondary to discernment of functions.
    Ex. At a more personal level the publisher can use the name of a person already known, usually in other media, so as to give a special cachet to a book.
    ----
    * hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * hacer una distinción = draw + distinction.
    * hacer una distinción entre... y... = make + distinction between... and....
    * sin hacer distinciones = one size fits all.
    * * *
    a) ( diferencia) distinction

    hacer una distinción entre... — to draw o make a distinction between...

    b) ( elegancia) distinction, elegance
    c) (honor, condecoración) award
    * * *
    = differencing, distinction, distinguishability, divide, excellence, distinction, discernment, cachet.

    Ex: Differencing is a method for providing entries under words other than the first in a compound term.

    Ex: Variations in the extent of the description between a set of entries account to a large extent for the distinction between main, added and unit entries.
    Ex: In this article, the notion of distinguishability is used to measure the degree to which two values of an attribute are dissimilar.
    Ex: Nevertheless, this basic divide remains a useful distinction between two major categories of indexing systems.
    Ex: The limits are set by the graininess of the film, the excellence of the optical system, and the efficiency of the light sources employed.
    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex: He was an social anthropologist associated with what has become known as functionalism, in which he put forward the idea that questions concerning the origins, stages and law of development in culture are subordinate or secondary to discernment of functions.
    Ex: At a more personal level the publisher can use the name of a person already known, usually in other media, so as to give a special cachet to a book.
    * hacer poca distinción entre... y... = make + little distinction between... and....
    * hacer una distinción = draw + distinction.
    * hacer una distinción entre... y... = make + distinction between... and....
    * sin hacer distinciones = one size fits all.

    * * *
    1 (diferencia) distinction
    hacer una distinción entre … to draw o make a distinction between …
    se les tratará a todos por igual sin hacer distinciones everyone will be treated the same, without distinction
    sin distinción de raza o credo regardless of race or creed
    no hago distinciones con nadie I don't give anyone special o preferential treatment
    2 (elegancia) distinction, elegance
    3 (honor, condecoración) award
    le otorgaron una distinción por su valor she was given an award for her bravery
    esta distinción se otorga a … this award is presented to …, this distinction is awarded to …
    * * *

    distinción sustantivo femenino


    sin distinción de raza o credo regardless of race or creed;
    no hago distinciones con nadie I don't give anyone preferential treatment

    c) (honor, condecoración) award

    distinción sustantivo femenino
    1 distinction
    sin distinción de raza o religión, irrespective of race or religión
    2 (elegancia) distinction
    3 (privilegio) honour
    ' distinción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caché
    - cachet
    - honor
    - indistintamente
    - clase
    - color
    - diferencia
    - lustre
    English:
    distinction
    - fine
    - OBE
    - irrespective
    * * *
    1. [diferencia] distinction;
    a distinción de in contrast to, unlike;
    hacer o [m5] establecer una distinción entre to make o draw a distinction between;
    hizo la distinción entre estrella y asteroide he drew a distinction between stars and asteroids;
    hacer distinciones en el trato to treat people differently;
    no me gusta hacer distinciones con nadie I don't like to give preferential treatment to anyone;
    obsequió a todos sin distinción he gave presents to everyone alike;
    sin distinción de sexo, raza o religión without distinction of sex, race or religion
    2. [privilegio] privilege;
    [condecoración] award;
    3. [modales, elegancia] refinement, elegance;
    viste con distinción he dresses elegantly
    * * *
    f distinction;
    sin distinción without distinction;
    hacer una distinción entre make a distinction between;
    * * *
    distinción nf, pl - ciones : distinction
    * * *
    distinción n distinction

    Spanish-English dictionary > distinción

  • 11 honour

    ['ɔnə] 1. сущ.; брит.; амер. honor
    1)
    а) слава, почёт, честь

    to bring / do honour to smb. — приносить славу кому-л.

    to give a reception in smb.'s honour — давать приём в чью-л. честь

    She brought honour to her family. — Она принесла славу своей семье.

    He is an honour to his school. — Он гордость школы.

    Syn:
    б) почтение, уважение, почёт

    great / high honour — большой почёт

    to confer an honour on — почитать, уважать

    to give / pay honour to smb. — оказывать кому-л. уважение, почтение

    True wealth I hold in great honour. — Истинное богатство я очень уважаю.

    Syn:
    в) ( honours) награды, почести, в частностиордена, медали, знаки отличия

    (to graduate) with honours — (закончить учебное заведение) с наградами, с отличием

    - last honours
    - funeral honours
    Syn:
    г) ( honours) отличие при сдаче экзамена

    to pass an examination with honours — сдать экзамен на "пять с плюсом"

    Syn:
    2)
    а) честь, незапятнанная репутация, доброе имя, лицо; девичья честь, честь женщины
    Syn:
    Ant:
    б) благородство, честность

    Honour is sometimes found among thieves. — И среди воров порой встречаются благородные люди.

    Syn:
    3) карт.
    а) онер (в бридже - туз, король, дама, валет, десятка)
    б) ( honours) кварт-мажор (в бридже - четыре онера козырной масти в игре с козырем или четыре туза в игре без козыря на одной руке)
    в) онер (в висте - козырной туз, король, дама или валет)

    honours (are) even / easy / divided — "зеркало" ( одинаковое количество онеров на каждой руке)

    ••

    to do the honours of the house — исполнять обязанности хозяйки / хозяина, принимать гостей

    - upon one's word of honour
    - on one's word of honour
    - upon one's honour
    - on one's honour
    - honour bright
    - Your Honour
    - honours are even
    - honours even
    - honours are easy
    - honours easy
    2. гл.; брит.; амер. honor
    1) почитать, уважать, чтить (кого-л. / что-л.)

    She was honoured as a community leader. — Её уважали как общественного лидера.

    Yes, I honour Sparta, but I love Athens. — Да, я уважаю Спарту, но я люблю Афины.

    Syn:

    to honour one's pledge to smb. — сдержать данное кому-л. обещание

    to honour one's pledge to do smth. — сдержать обещание сделать что-л.

    He has honored his pledge to have Los Angeles's diverse ethnic communities represented in his administration. — Он сдержал своё обещание включить в состав администрации представителей всех этнических сообществ Лос-Анджелеса.

    3) фин. платить в срок по векселю, счёту

    The utmost punctuality should be observed in honouring bills. — При оплате счетов следует проявлять особую пунктуальность.

    4) удостаивать; оказывать честь

    Famous people can be honoured with a special degree from this university. — Этот университет присваивает степени почётных докторов разным знаменитостям.

    None gave me greater pleasure, than the kind letter you honoured me with. — Ничто не доставило мне большего удовольствия, чем то любезное письмо, которым вы меня удостоили.

    Hе has honoured us with his presence. — Он почтил нас своим присутствием.

    Syn:
    5) обращаться к кому-л. "ваша честь"

    Англо-русский современный словарь > honour

  • 12 honour

    ['onə] 1. noun
    1) (respect for truth, honesty etc: a man of honour.) ære; hæder; ærbødighed
    2) ((the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation: We must fight for the honour of our country.) ære
    3) (fame; glory: He won honour on the field of battle.) hæder; ære
    4) (respect: This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.) ære
    5) (something which a person feels to be a reason for pride etc: It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.) ære
    6) (a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc: He has received many honours for his research into cancer.) hædersbevisning; æresbevisning
    7) ((with capital: with His, Your etc) a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.) Høje Dommer; Ærede Dommer
    2. verb
    1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) ære
    2) (to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to: Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?) beære
    3) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) hædre
    4) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.) holde; indfri; honorere
    - honourable
    - honours
    - in honour bound
    - honour bound
    - on one's honour
    - word of honour
    * * *
    ['onə] 1. noun
    1) (respect for truth, honesty etc: a man of honour.) ære; hæder; ærbødighed
    2) ((the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation: We must fight for the honour of our country.) ære
    3) (fame; glory: He won honour on the field of battle.) hæder; ære
    4) (respect: This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.) ære
    5) (something which a person feels to be a reason for pride etc: It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.) ære
    6) (a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc: He has received many honours for his research into cancer.) hædersbevisning; æresbevisning
    7) ((with capital: with His, Your etc) a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.) Høje Dommer; Ærede Dommer
    2. verb
    1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) ære
    2) (to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to: Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?) beære
    3) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) hædre
    4) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.) holde; indfri; honorere
    - honourable
    - honours
    - in honour bound
    - honour bound
    - on one's honour
    - word of honour

    English-Danish dictionary > honour

  • 13 By, Lieutenant-Colonel John

    SUBJECT AREA: Canals
    [br]
    b. 7 (?) August 1779 Lambeth, London, England
    d. 1 February 1836 Frant, Sussex, England
    [br]
    English Engineer-in-Charge of the construction of the Rideau Canal, linking the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers in Canada.
    [br]
    Admitted in 1797 as a Gentleman Cadet in the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, By was commissioned on 1 August 1799 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, but was soon transferred to the Royal Engineers. Posted to Plymouth upon the development of the fortifications, he was further posted to Canada, arriving there in August 1802.
    In 1803 By was engaged in canal work, assisting Captain Bruyères in the construction of a short canal (1,500 ft (460 m) long) at the Cascades on the Grand, now the Ottawa, River. In 1805 he was back at the Cascades repairing ice damage caused during the previous winter. He was promoted Captain in 1809. Meanwhile he worked on the fortifications of Quebec and in 1806–7 he built a scale model of the Citadel, which is now in the National War Museum of Canada. He returned to England in 1810 and served in Portugal in 1811. Back in England at the end of the year, he was appointed Royal Engineer Officer in charge at the Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Works on 1 January 1812 and later planned the new Small Arms Factory at Enfield; both works were on the navigable River Lee.
    In the post-Napoleonic period Major By, as he then was, retired on half-pay but was promoted to Lieu tenant-Colonel on 2 December 1824. Eighteen months later, in March 1826, he returned to Canada on active duty to build the Rideau Canal. This was John By's greatest work. It was conceived after the American war of 1812–14 as a connection for vessels to reach Kingston and the Great Lakes from Montreal while avoiding possible attack from the United States forces. Ships would pass up the Ottawa River using the already-constructed locks and bypass channels and then travel via a new canal cut through virgin forest southwards to the St Lawrence at Kingston. By based his operational headquarters at the Ottawa River end of the new works and in a forest clearing he established a small settlement. Because of the regard in which By was held, this settlement became known as By town. In 1855, long after By's death, the settlement was designated by Queen Victoria as capital of United Canada (which was to become a self-governing Dominion in 1867) and renamed Ottawa; as a result of the presence of the national government, the growth of the town accelerated greatly.
    Between 1826–7 and 1832 the Rideau Canal was constructed. It included the massive engineering works of Jones Falls Dam (62 ft 6 in. (19 m) high) and 47 locks. By exercised an almost paternal care over those employed under his direction. The canal was completed in June 1832 at a cost of £800,000. By was summoned back to London to face virulent and unjust criticism from the Treasury. He was honoured in Canada but vilified by the British Government.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    R.F.Leggett, 1982, John By, Historical Society of Canada.
    —1976, Canals of Canada, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.
    —1972, Rideau Waterway, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
    Bernard Pothier, 1978, "The Quebec Model", Canadian War Museum Paper 9, Ottawa: National Museums of Canada.
    JHB

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  • 14 honour

    'onə 1. noun
    1) (respect for truth, honesty etc: a man of honour.) ære, heder, ærbødighet
    2) ((the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation: We must fight for the honour of our country.) ære
    3) (fame; glory: He won honour on the field of battle.) heder
    4) (respect: This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.) (til) ære (for)/minne (om)
    5) (something which a person feels to be a reason for pride etc: It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.) ære, heder
    6) (a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc: He has received many honours for his research into cancer.) æres-/hedersbevisning, utmerkelse
    7) ((with capital: with His, Your etc) a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.) herr dommer/borgermester
    2. verb
    1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.) ære, heder
    2) (to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to: Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?) beære
    3) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.) hedre, utmerke
    4) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.) innfri, honorere
    - honourable
    - honours
    - in honour bound
    - honour bound
    - on one's honour
    - word of honour
    I
    subst. \/ˈɒnə\/ eller honor
    1) ære
    2) høyaktelse, vørdnad, heder, aktelse
    3) ærbødighet
    4) verdighet, opphøydhet
    5) æresfølelse, ære, æresbegrep, æreskodeks
    6) ære, privilegium
    7) ( hos kvinne) kyskhet, ærbarhet
    8) ( kortspill) honnør, honnørkort
    9) ( golf) honour, honnør (det å være den første som slår tee-en fordi man vant ved siste hull), det å ha honnøren
    acceptance for honour ( handel) hedersintervensjon, intervensjonsaksept, aksept av nødlidende veksel
    do honour to gjøre ære på vise ærbødighet overfor, hylle
    do somebody the honour of gjøre noen den ære
    do the honours opptre som vert, være den som serverer maten, være den som heller i glassene
    the field of honor slagstedet, slagmarken
    have the honour of ha den ære å
    honour bright ( hverdagslig) hånden på hjertet, jeg lover, æresord (også som spørsmål), kors på halsen (også som spørsmål)
    honours ( også) utmerkelser, æresbevisninger, hederstegn, hedersbevisninger (akademisk, også honours degree) forklaring: universitetsgrad ( akademisk) utmerkelse ved en eksamen, laud
    honours are even ( britisk) det er en jevn kamp
    an honours man en person som skal avlegge\/har avlagt honours degree
    honours of war ( militærvesen) privilegier (gitt til beseiret fiende)
    honour(s) school eller honour(s) course høyere (spesial)kurs for honours degree
    honour were honour is due æres den som æres bør
    in honour bound moralsk forpliktet, æresforpliktet
    in honour of for å feire, for å hedre, til minne om, i anledning
    it's a great honour to me det er meg en stor ære, det er en stor ære for meg
    a man of honour en hedersmann, en ærens mann
    military honours militær honnør (ved begravelsen av en medsoldat)
    on my honour på æresord, med hånden på hjertet
    on my honour and conscience på ære og samvittighet
    be on one's honour to være bundet på heder og ære til å, være bundet av sitt æresord til
    pay somebody the last honours vise noen den siste ære, følge noen til graven
    place of honour hedersplass, æresplass
    point of honour æressak
    put someone on his honour avkreve noen æresord
    there is honour among thieves det finnes æresfølelse selv blant tyver
    to somebody's honour be it said til ens heder må det sies
    with the full honours med leverop (ved utbringelsen av en skål)
    word of honour æresord, hedersord
    Your Honour eller His Honour eller Her Honour Deres Nåde, Deres Høyhet, ærede (dommer)
    II
    verb \/ˈɒnə\/ eller honor
    1) respektere høyt, høyakte
    2) utmerke, hedre
    3) ( handel) innfri, honorere, løse inn (veksel)
    4) akseptere, ta imot
    5) ( religion) tilbe, høyakte
    6) beære
    be honoured være beæret, ha den ære
    honour a challenge ta imot en utfordring
    honour somebody with gjøre noen den ære å, beære noen med, hedre noen med
    will you honour me with a visit?

    English-Norwegian dictionary > honour

  • 15 Senefelder, Alois

    SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing
    [br]
    b. 6 November 1771 Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
    d. 26 February 1834 Munich, Germany
    [br]
    German inventor of lithography.
    [br]
    Soon after his birth, Senefelder's family moved to Mannheim, where his father, an actor, had obtained a position in the state theatre. He was educated there, until he gained a scholarship to the university of Ingolstadt. The young Senefelder wanted to follow his father on to the stage, but the latter insisted that he study law. He nevertheless found time to write short pieces for the theatre. One of these, when he was 18 years old, was an encouraging success. When his father died in 1791, he gave up his studies and took to a new life as poet and actor. However, the wandering life of a repertory actor palled after two years and he settled for the more comfortable pursuit of playwriting. He had some of his work printed, which acquainted him with the art of printing, but he fell out with his bookseller. He therefore resolved to carry out his own printing, but he could not afford the equipment of a conventional letterpress printer. He began to explore other ways of printing and so set out on the path that was to lead to an entirely new method.
    He tried writing in reverse on a copper plate with some acid-resisting material and etching the plate, to leave a relief image that could then be inked and printed. He knew that oily substances would resist acid, but it required many experiments to arrive at a composition of wax, soap and charcoal dust dissolved in rainwater. The plates wore down with repeated polishing, so he substituted stone plates. He continued to etch them and managed to make good prints with them, but he went on to make the surprising discovery that etching was unnecessary. If the image to be printed was made with the oily composition and the stone moistened, he found that only the oily image received the ink while the moistened part rejected it. The printing surface was neither raised (as in letterpress printing) nor incised (as in intaglio printing): Senefelder had discovered the third method of printing.
    He arrived at a workable process over the years 1796 to 1799, and in 1800 he was granted an English patent. In the same year, lithography (or "writing on stone") was introduced into France and Senefelder himself took it to England, but it was some time before it became widespread; it was taken up by artists especially for high-quality printing of art works. Meanwhile, Senefelder improved his techniques, finding that other materials, even paper, could be used in place of stone. In fact, zinc plates were widely used from the 1820s, but the name "lithography" stuck. Although he won world renown and was honoured by most of the crowned heads of Europe, he never became rich because he dissipated his profits through restless experimenting.
    With the later application of the offset principle, initiated by Barclay, lithography has become the most widely used method of printing.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1911, Alois Senefelder, Inventor of Lithography, trans. J.W.Muller, New York: Fuchs \& Line (Senefelder's autobiography).
    Further Reading
    W.Weber, 1981, Alois Senefelder, Erfinder der Lithographie, Frankfurt-am-Main: Polygraph Verlag.
    M.Tyman, 1970, Lithography 1800–1950, London: Oxford University Press (describes the invention and its development; with biographical details).
    LRD

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  • 16 Smith, Sir Francis Pettit

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 9 February 1808 Copperhurst Farm, near Hythe, Kent, England
    d. 12 February 1874 South Kensington, London, England
    [br]
    English inventor of the screw propeller.
    [br]
    Smith was the only son of Charles Smith, Postmaster at Hythe, and his wife Sarah (née Pettit). After education at a private school in Ashford, Kent, he took to farming, first on Romney Marsh, then at Hendon, Middlesex. As a boy, he showed much skill in the construction of model boats, especially in devising their means of propulsion. He maintained this interest into adult life and in 1835 he made a model propelled by a screw driven by a spring. This worked so well that he became convinced that the screw propeller offered a better method of propulsion than the paddle wheels that were then in general use. This notion so fired his enthusiasm that he virtually gave up farming to devote himself to perfecting his invention. The following year he produced a better model, which he successfully demonstrated to friends on his farm at Hendon and afterwards to the public at the Adelaide Gallery in London. On 31 May 1836 Smith was granted a patent for the propulsion of vessels by means of a screw.
    The idea of screw propulsion was not new, however, for it had been mooted as early as the seventeenth century and since then several proposals had been advanced, but without successful practical application. Indeed, simultaneously but quite independently of Smith, the Swedish engineer John Ericsson had invented the ship's propeller and obtained a patent on 13 July 1836, just weeks after Smith. But Smith was completely unaware of this and pursued his own device in the belief that he was the sole inventor.
    With some financial and technical backing, Smith was able to construct a 10 ton boat driven by a screw and powered by a steam engine of about 6 hp (4.5 kW). After showing it off to the public, Smith tried it out at sea, from Ramsgate round to Dover and Hythe, returning in stormy weather. The screw performed well in both calm and rough water. The engineering world seemed opposed to the new method of propulsion, but the Admiralty gave cautious encouragement in 1839 by ordering that the 237 ton Archimedes be equipped with a screw. It showed itself superior to the Vulcan, one of the fastest paddle-driven ships in the Navy. The ship was put through its paces in several ports, including Bristol, where Isambard Kingdom Brunel was constructing his Great Britain, the first large iron ocean-going vessel. Brunel was so impressed that he adapted his ship for screw propulsion.
    Meanwhile, in spite of favourable reports, the Admiralty were dragging their feet and ordered further trials, fitting Smith's four-bladed propeller to the Rattler, then under construction and completed in 1844. The trials were a complete success and propelled their lordships of the Admiralty to a decision to equip twenty ships with screw propulsion, under Smith's supervision.
    At last the superiority of screw propulsion was generally accepted and virtually universally adopted. Yet Smith gained little financial reward for his invention and in 1850 he retired to Guernsey to resume his farming life. In 1860 financial pressures compelled him to accept the position of Curator of Patent Models at the Patent Museum in South Kensington, London, a post he held until his death. Belated recognition by the Government, then headed by Lord Palmerston, came in 1855 with the grant of an annual pension of £200. Two years later Smith received unofficial recognition when he was presented with a national testimonial, consisting of a service of plate and nearly £3,000 in cash subscribed largely by the shipbuilding and engineering community. Finally, in 1871 Smith was honoured with a knighthood.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1871.
    Further Reading
    Obituary, 1874, Illustrated London News (7 February).
    1856, On the Invention and Progress of the Screw Propeller, London (provides biographical details).
    Smith and his invention are referred to in papers in Transactions of the Newcomen Society, 14 (1934): 9; 19 (1939): 145–8, 155–7, 161–4, 237–9.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Smith, Sir Francis Pettit

  • 17 Bell, Revd Patrick

    [br]
    b. 1799 Auchterhouse, Scotland
    d. 22 April 1869 Carmyllie, Scotland
    [br]
    Scottish inventor of the first successful reaping machine.
    [br]
    The son of a Forfarshire tenant farmer, Patrick Bell obtained an MA from the University of St Andrews. His early association with farming kindled an interest in engineering and mechanics and he was to maintain a workshop not only on his father's farm, but also, in later life, at the parsonage at Carmyllie.
    He was still studying divinity when he invented his reaping machine. Using garden shears as the basis of his design, he built a model in 1827 and a full-scale prototype the following year. Not wishing the machine to be seen during his early experiments, he and his brother planted a sheaf of oats in soil laid out in a shed, and first tried the machine on this. It cut well enough but left the straw in a mess behind it. A canvas belt system was devised and another secret trial in the barn was followed by a night excursion into a field, where corn was successfully harvested.
    Two machines were at work during 1828, apparently achieving a harvest rate of one acre per hour. In 1832 there were ten machines at work, and at least another four had been sent to the United States by this time. Despite their success Bell did not patent his design, feeling that the idea should be given free to the world. In later years he was to regret the decision, feeling that the many badly-made imitations resulted in its poor reputation and prevented its adoption.
    Bell's calling took precedence over his inventive interests and after qualifying he went to Canada in 1833, spending four years in Fergus, Ontario. He later returned to Scotland and be-came the minister at Carmyllie, with a living of £150 per annum.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Late in the day he was honoured for his part in the development of the reaping machine. He received an honorary degree from the University of St Andrews and in 1868 a testimonial and £1,000 raised by public subscription by the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.
    Bibliography
    1854, Journal of Agriculture (perhaps stung by other claims, Bell wrote his own account).
    Further Reading
    G.Quick and W.Buchele, 1978, The Grain Harvesters, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (gives an account of the development of harvesting machinery).
    L.J.Jones, 1979, History of Technology, pp. 101–48 (gives a critical assessment of the various claims regarding the originality of the invention).
    51–69 (provides a celebration of Bell's achievement on its centenary).
    AP

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  • 18 Stratingh, Sibrandus

    SUBJECT AREA: Electricity
    [br]
    b. 9 April 1785 Adorp, The Netherlands
    d. 15 February 1841 Groningen, The Netherlands
    [br]
    Dutch chemist and physician, maker of early electric motors.
    [br]
    Stratingh spent five years working for a relative who was a chemist in Groningen, and studied pharmacy under Professor Driessen. Encouraged to become a medical student, he qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1809. Later becoming a professor of chemistry at Groningen, he was honoured by a personal visit from the King to his laboratory in 1837. In 1835, assisted by Christopher Becker, an instrument maker, he built a table-top model of an electrically propelled vehicle. The motor, with wound armature and field coils, was geared to a wheel of a small carriage which also carried a single voltaic cell. A full-scale road vehicle was never built, but in 1840 he succeeded in making an electrically powered boat.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Cross of the Netherlands Lion 1831.
    Bibliography
    1841, De nagedachtenis van S.Stratingh Ez.gevierd in het Genootschap: ter bevordering der natuurkundige wetenschappen te Groningen, Groningen (a memorial volume that includes a list of his works).
    Further Reading
    B.Bowers, 1982, A History of Electric Light and Power, London, p. 45 (provides a brief account of Stratingh's electric vehicle).
    GW

    Biographical history of technology > Stratingh, Sibrandus

  • 19 Acres, Birt

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    b. 23 July 1854 Virginia, USA
    d. 1918
    [br]
    American photographer, inventor and pioneer cinematographer.
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    Born of English parents and educated in Paris, Acres travelled to England in the 1880s. He worked for the photographic manufacturing firm Elliott \& Co. in Barnet, near London, and became the Manager. He became well known through his frequent lectures, demonstrations and articles in the photographic press. The appearance of the Edison kinetoscope in 1893 seems to have aroused his interest in the recording and reproduction of movement.
    At the beginning of 1895 he took his idea for a camera to Robert Paul, an instrument maker, and they collaborated on the building of a working camera, which Acres used to record the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on 30 March 1895. He filmed the Derby at Epsom on 29 May and the opening of the Kiel Canal in June, as well as ten other subjects for the kinetoscope, which were sold by Paul. Acres's association with Paul ended in July 1895. Acres had patented the camera design, the Kinetic Lantern, on 27 May 1895 and then went on to design a projector with which he gave the first successful presentation of projected motion pictures to take place in Britain, at the Royal Photographic Society's meeting on 14 January 1896. At the end of the month Acres formed his own business, the Northern Photographic Company, to supply film stock, process and print exposed film, and to make finished film productions.
    His first shows to the public, using the renamed Kineopticon projector, started in Piccadilly Circus on 21 March 1896. He later toured the country with his show. He was honoured with a Royal Command Performance at Marlborough House on 21 July 1896 before members of the royal family. Although he made a number of films for his own use, they and his equipment were used only for his own demonstrations. His last contribution to cinematography was the design and patenting in 1898 of the first low-cost system for amateur use, the Birtac, which was first shown on 25 January 1899 and marketed in May of that year. It used half-width film, 17.5 mm wide, and the apparatus served as camera, printer and projector.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society 1895.
    Bibliography
    27 May 1895 (the Kinetic Lantern).
    9 June 1898 (the Birtac).
    Further Reading
    J.Barnes, 1976, The Beginnings of the Cinema in England, London. B.Coe, 1980, The History of Movie Photography, London.
    BC

    Biographical history of technology > Acres, Birt

  • 20 Daviel, Jacques

    SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology
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    b. 11 August 1696 La Barre, Normandy, France
    d. 30 September 1762 Geneva, Switzerland
    [br]
    French ophthalmic surgeon who originated the technique of the removal of the cataractous lens of the eye.
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    Apprenticed in surgery to his uncle in Rouen, he became a student surgeon in the French Army in 1713. In 1719 he was honoured for his work during an outbreak of plague in Marseille, and in 1723 he was appointed Surgeon to the Hôtel-Dieu. In 1746 he moved to Paris, and in 1749 he became Surgeon-Oculist to Louis XV. Although he had, like many others, performed couchings (intra-ocular displacement of the lens) for the treatment of cataracts, his dissection of cadavers at Marseille led him to attempt the actual removal from the eye of the opaque lens. He performed the first such operation on a monk of Provence on 8 April 1745, and by 1753 he was able to report 115 cases with 100 successes. The difficulties of the technique precluded its immediate adoption, and couching remained the standard treatment for much of the century.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Cross of the Knights of Saint Roch. Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Surgery.
    Bibliography
    1748, "Lettre sur les maladies des yeux", Mercure de France.
    1753, "Sur une nouvelle méthode de guérir la cataracte par l'extraction du crystallin", Mem. Acad. roy. chir. Paris.
    Further Reading
    S.Duke-Elder, 1969, System of Ophthalmology, Vol. 11, London.
    MG

    Biographical history of technology > Daviel, Jacques

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