Feb 10, 2015 10:58
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French term
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Works in: Catalan to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
fossés de ceinture
French to English
Science
Agriculture
Democratic Republic of Congo
...la culture suivant les courbes de niveau, la terrasse, ***les fossés de ceinture***, les billons et remblais, les terrasses et gradins, les terrasses à plate-formes, les haies protectrices, les cultures en bandes etc.
From a text on agriculture techniques used in the DRC (including direct sowing, etc.). I'm not sure how to translate 'fossés de ceinture'.
Many thanks in advance for any ideas!
Sheila
From a text on agriculture techniques used in the DRC (including direct sowing, etc.). I'm not sure how to translate 'fossés de ceinture'.
Many thanks in advance for any ideas!
Sheila
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | girdling ditches |
Julius Ngwa
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| 3 +1 | diversion ditches |
JaneD
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| 4 | rim ditches |
Francis Marche
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Proposed translations
+2
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Julius Ngwa
Canada
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Canada
Saying it as it's to be said
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
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girdling ditches
What an expert says
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+1
4 mins
diversion ditches
This is according to IATE.
Personally I'd probably use something like "boundary ditches", but then I'm coming at this from an archaeological perspective, so I'm probably wrong in your context!
Personally I'd probably use something like "boundary ditches", but then I'm coming at this from an archaeological perspective, so I'm probably wrong in your context!
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Peer comment(s):
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Yvonne Gallagher
: "boundary ditch" far more likely in real English/ http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/AD083E/AD083e11.htm
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kashew
: For boundary ditch
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rkillings
: Boundaries don't necessarily go all the way round. Ceintures and girdles do.
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Francis Marche
: No notion of "diversion" in "fossé de ceinture" and the E definition of diversion ditch by IATE is less than convincing.
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12 hrs
Francis Marche
France
France
Native in French
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English
Specializes in field
France
36 years experience on 4 continents
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English
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rim ditches
That's what I would use, and forget what "ze experts" have to say about it :
The hydrology of several wetlands also has been altered by rim ditches. Restoration of these areas will consist of backfilling the rim ditches, contouring the
http://hillsboroughcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/9302
The installation of rim ditches for draining areas adjacent to the highland, where heavy breeding often occurs, is necessary on most marshes, in "The Mosquitoes of the Southeastern States"
to level the gypsum excavated from the rim ditches to raise the starter dikes.
http://www.fipr.state.fl.us/pondwatercd/phosphogypsum_dispos...
The ponds have been modified to remove the rim ditches and expand the top of bank to the limits of the rim ditches.
https://permitting.sjrwmd.com/epermitting/jsp/DocumentSearch...
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Note added at 12 hrs (2015-02-10 23:48:58 GMT)
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"ceinture" is "rim" in land development as well as geological and geographical matters ("the Pacific Rim" = la ceinture du Pacifique). It's also used as F calque for belt ("corn belt", "green belt", ceinture verte, etc.)
The hydrology of several wetlands also has been altered by rim ditches. Restoration of these areas will consist of backfilling the rim ditches, contouring the
http://hillsboroughcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/9302
The installation of rim ditches for draining areas adjacent to the highland, where heavy breeding often occurs, is necessary on most marshes, in "The Mosquitoes of the Southeastern States"
to level the gypsum excavated from the rim ditches to raise the starter dikes.
http://www.fipr.state.fl.us/pondwatercd/phosphogypsum_dispos...
The ponds have been modified to remove the rim ditches and expand the top of bank to the limits of the rim ditches.
https://permitting.sjrwmd.com/epermitting/jsp/DocumentSearch...
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Note added at 12 hrs (2015-02-10 23:48:58 GMT)
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"ceinture" is "rim" in land development as well as geological and geographical matters ("the Pacific Rim" = la ceinture du Pacifique). It's also used as F calque for belt ("corn belt", "green belt", ceinture verte, etc.)
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