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Erhaltungsselektion

English translation: preservation/conservation (selection)

07:14 Dec 7, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Agriculture
German term or phrase: Erhaltungsselektion
In teilweise schon jahr­zehntelanger Zusammenarbeit sind sie (die Vermehrungsbetriebe) ein wichtiger Faktor bezüglich Erhaltungsselektion, Rückmeldung zur Qua­lität des Ausgangsmaterials und der biologischen Weiterentwicklung unserer samenfesten Sorten geworden.

VIELEN DANK!
martina1974
Austria
Local time: 05:21
English translation:preservation/conservation (selection)
Explanation:
I would say
Selected response from:

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 05:21
Grading comment
vielen Dank!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 -1Taphonomic bias
Daniel Arnold (X)
3preservation/conservation (selection)
Ramey Rieger (X)


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
preservation/conservation (selection)


Explanation:
I would say

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 05:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 76
Grading comment
vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Gordon Matthews: Your explanation doesn't help me very much. Is "Erhaltung" the purpose or the method of selection? I don't think "preservation" or "conservation" quite fits the bill in this context.
4 hrs
  -> Organic seed producers are precisely determined to do just that. Especially with indigenous strains.
agree  Wendy Streitparth: Perhaps 'selection/assortment for seed preservation'? https://www.greenbiz.com/article/seed-preservation-vital-sus...
5 hrs
disagree  Daniel Arnold (X): ;-) would you say that?
8 hrs
agree  Lancashireman: with Wendy
1 day 15 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Taphonomic bias


Explanation:
See links and Google the term. The following sentence is copied from Wikipedia, but it summarises the meaning: "Because of the very select processes that cause preservation, not all organisms have the same chance of being preserved. Any factor that affects the likelihood that an organism is preserved as a fossil is a potential source of bias."


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphonomy
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X19305655
Daniel Arnold (X)
Australia
Local time: 05:21
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: If you have been following Martina's recent enquiries, they are about the breeding of seeds. Nothing to do with fossilisation. This proposal actually merits a disagree, but that would be harsh. Your own disagree to Ramey's answer was unjustified.
1 day 10 hrs
disagree  Gordon Matthews: It is necessary to ask oneself whether the targeted readership of the text being translated would understand the proposed translation. In this case, I very much doubt it.
1 day 21 hrs
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