Ceramic Coating Instructions: Checking Units in Translation

Translated coating instructions need a technical check as well as fluent language. A unit conversion, decimal separator or timing phrase can change how the product is used. The review should preserve the original requirements without inventing convenient local alternatives.

Identify every quantity

List temperatures, volumes, dimensions, dilution expressions and waiting periods. Record the source value and its meaning before conversion. A working window, release time and full-curing period should remain separate instructions even when they all involve hours or minutes.

Check whether the destination market expects different units, then use a verified conversion process. Avoid rounding a boundary in a direction that broadens the permitted application range. Where a rounded value is necessary, have it approved by the technical owner.

Review the full sentence

Numbers are not the only risk. ‘At least’, ‘within’, ‘before’ and ‘after’ determine how a quantity is applied. A correct converted number in a reversed instruction still produces the wrong process.

Have a technically informed reviewer compare the complete translated sequence with the approved source. Use a practical read-through with an installer to identify ambiguity, while keeping that exercise distinct from authorising new product conditions.

Keep versions linked

Store the original, translation, reviewer and approval date together. Update labels, downloadable sheets and training material when a value changes. Retain old versions for support enquiries about earlier packaging.

Coordinate product-specific wording through NANOLAB Private Label and OEM. A disciplined unit review gives the international user the same technical instruction in a usable local format, rather than a subtly different product process.

For the wider process, read Reviewing Translated Ceramic Coating Instructions.