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English translation: perishing


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18:32 Jan 20, 2012
English to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / report
English term or phrase: heading away
The Delegation stated that it was committed to develop those resources to serve its people and supported the equitable distribution of benefits from genetic resources and traditional knowledge. In its view, while using those resources, the users should always disclose the country of origin. So, in practice, the users would require the pre-consent of the originating country and should confirm the benefits sharing scheme with them, or the rich heritage would be at risk of heading away in the absence of measures and technical know-how.
Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 03:07
English translation:perishing
Explanation:
This looks like a weak translation of an original perhaps written in French. The rich heritage would be at risk of *perishing/being lost* in the absence of measures and technical know-how.
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 20:07
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4taking its benefits elsewhere
B D Finch
4 +5perishing
Kim Metzger


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
perishing


Explanation:
This looks like a weak translation of an original perhaps written in French. The rich heritage would be at risk of *perishing/being lost* in the absence of measures and technical know-how.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 20:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vaddy Peters: head (go) somewhere (to someone) else (in a wrong direction)
6 mins

agree  Jack Doughty: "Fading away" would have been better.
23 mins

agree  gallagy2: prefer 2nd option "being lost"
44 mins

agree  Martin Riordan
51 mins

neutral  B D Finch: No, this is about piracy by e.g. pharmaceutical companies, or agribusiness of the knowledge and genetic resources of developing countries: using those resources for profit but without sharing those profits with the developing countries concerned.
14 hrs

agree  Phong Le
5 days
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
taking its benefits elsewhere


Explanation:
There is a risk that the "rich heritage" would benefit others but not the originating country. To ensure that the originating country benefits from the use (e.g. by foreign pharmaceutical companies) of its own "genetic resources and traditional knowledge", those foreign "users" should obtain the "pre-consent of the originating country and should confirm the benefits sharing scheme with them".

B D Finch
France
Local time: 03:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof: It's hard to be sure because the text is so vaguely worded but I agree that this makes sense.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Tina. The snippet "equitable distribution of benefits from genetic resources and traditional knowledge" makes it fairly clear what it is about.

agree  Alexandra Taggart: "will go away god knows where, (and its fragments will subside in somebody's plagiary works)
8 hrs
  -> Thank you for your agree, even if I can't make head or tail of your comment.

agree  Veronika McLaren: makes sense...
1 day10 hrs
  -> Thanks Veronika

agree  Ingo Dierkschnieder
9 days
  -> Thanks Ingo
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