# Translation request: Chinese to English. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 28, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-request-chinese-to-english/718708 "2015-04-28T10:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-request-chinese-to-english/718708/1 "2015-04-28T10:21:28Z")
I’ve asked about the fire / thermal properties of some foam and have been sent [this page](http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r139/quartz-quill/Quiet%20PC/Foam_zpsyeqlcujd.jpg) in Chinese. Unfortunately, I can’t read Chinese. Can some kind Doper please translate it for me? Searching using the Roman text hasn’t proved particularly helpful although it does confirm they’re fire tests. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-request-chinese-to-english/718708/2 "2015-04-29T01:37:26Z")
Here ya go: [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asdfv.com%2Ffoam.html](https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asdfv.com%2Ffoam.html) It gets the gist of it ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-request-chinese-to-english/718708/3 "2015-04-29T01:46:09Z")
The test methodology uses a set of Chinese standards: > **[National Standards of the People's Republic of China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guobiao_standards)** > > The National Standards of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国国家标准), coded as GB, are the standards issued by the Standardization Administration of China under the authorization of Article 10 of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China. > According to Article 2, national standards are divided into mandatory national standards and recommended national standards. Mandatory national standards are prefixed "GB". Recommended national standards are prefixed "GB/T". Guidance... Couldn’t find a comprehensive English translation for all of them, but if you search the GB/T id for each one, there’s usually a website or two that describes what the test actually is. \*Edit: Some notes (I read a little Chinese): The last row just says “Following rows left blank on purpose” For rows 6&7, the last column means “Qualified for S3”, which presumably means they failed the S2 tests because they exceeded the requirements. Row 2’s test result is actually 2.2, not “twenty two”. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-request-chinese-to-english/718708/4 "2015-04-29T08:53:17Z")
Wow. I didn’t know Google Translate could cope with pictures. I did Google the GB/T id but the results were not helpful other than confirming that they’re fire tests. ---
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Google doesnt; I first OCRed it with Acrobat and FineReader. You might want to start another thread asking about the fire tests… that’s more specialized knowledge than translation.