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A letter written with an indelible pencil by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Natal, South Africa, on 6 January 1909 to a friend, Olive Doke, mentioning Mrs. Gandhi's illness and a trip to Inanda falls. A copying pencil, also an indelible pencil or chemical pencil, [1] is a pencil whose lead contains a dye. The lead is fabricated by adding a dry ...
Ferrule. Eraser. A pencil (/ ˈpɛnsəl / ⓘ) is a writing or drawing implement with a solid pigment core in a protective casing that reduces the risk of core breakage and keeps it from marking the user's hand. Pencils create marks by physical abrasion, leaving a trail of solid core material that adheres to a sheet of paper or other surface.
Permanent markers are used for writing on metals, plastics, ceramics, wood, stone, cardboard etc. However, the mark made by them is semi-permanent on some surfaces. Most permanent marker ink can be erased from some plastic surfaces (like polypropylene and teflon) with little rubbing pressure. They can be used on ordinary paper, but the ink ...
This article is a list of standard proofreader's marks used to indicate and correct problems in a text. Marks come in two varieties, abbreviations and abstract symbols. These are usually handwritten on the paper containing the text. Symbols are interleaved in the text, while abbreviations may be placed in a margin with an arrow pointing to the ...
Blue pencil (editing) Red and blue checking pencil. A blue pencil, also known as a checking pencil, is a two-color pencil traditionally used by an editor to correct a written copy. [1] The blue end is typically Prussian blue, and the red end is typically a warm vermilion red. [1][2] They are most often half red and half blue, but some are 70% ...
Google Translate is a web-based free-to-use translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [12] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation (SMT) service. [12] The input text had to be translated into English first ...
Certified translation. A certified translation is one which fulfills the requirements in the country in question, enabling it to be used in formal procedures, with the translator accepting responsibility for its accuracy. These requirements vary widely from country to country. While some countries allow only state-appointed translators to ...
CHICAGO — Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), who is locked in a tight Senate race against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R), is trying to thread the needle by appearing at the Democratic National Convention to ...