Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 14, 2006 04:47
17 yrs ago
German term
Strong Law + Business+Tech Background
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Hebrew to English
Firnschnee
German to English
Science
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
climatology
From a press report about artificially manufactured snow produced in a South African gold mine, that could be used by ski resorts.
Caption: Praxistest: Skifahren auf Firnschnee in Afrika
Caption: Praxistest: Skifahren auf Firnschnee in Afrika
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | glacial snow |
JSolis
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| 4 +1 | firn |
Edith Kelly
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| 4 | sugar snow |
Maureen Millington-Brodie
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| 4 | corn snow |
Tom Funke
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| 3 | old snow |
Astrid Elke Witte
|
Proposed translations
+1
6 mins
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glacial snow
according to this dictionary--
http://www.webtranslate.de/cgi-bin/owDEc.cgi?l=0&dt=Firnschn...
http://www.webtranslate.de/cgi-bin/owDEc.cgi?l=0&dt=Firnschn...
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+1
40 mins
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in German
&
English
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
52
firn
see the following German-English ice dictionary
Gletschereis, glacier ice, Jedes Eis, das von einem Gletscher stammt, ... Es bildet sich durch jährlichen Zuwachs von Firnschnee auf Bucht- oder ...
www.antarktis.ch/95.htm
Gletschereis, glacier ice, Jedes Eis, das von einem Gletscher stammt, ... Es bildet sich durch jährlichen Zuwachs von Firnschnee auf Bucht- oder ...
www.antarktis.ch/95.htm
41 mins
Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
33 years of experience
Native in: English
Works in: Arabic to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
32
sugar snow
Firnschnee (according to Wikipedia) seems to be old snow with large crystals through thawing slightly & re-freezing over & over again - this is the nearest I found through Googling on "types of snow"
45 mins
Astrid Elke Witte
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Precision at your fingertips
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English
old snow
I have seen it translated before as "old snow" - but there is not an exact translation. The link below might help.
Reference:
2 hrs
corn snow
Former ski patroller
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