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grenaille de l'environnement

English translation: environmental think tank


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French term or phrase:grenaille de l'environnement
English translation:environmental think tank
Entered by: kashew
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16:36 Aug 18, 2008
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Science - Agriculture / Interview With Farmer
French term or phrase: grenaille de l'environnement
Describing the use of new farming technologies:

Tous ceux qui ont l'impression que dans le sens du **grenaille de l'environnement,** et écologie se trompent complètement puisque on sait qu'aujourd'hui que les OGMs sont les matières premières alimentaires qui sont les plus surveillés qui ont été plus analysées qu'il y a quinze ans de recul...tout comme problème."

Mille Mercis!

femme
Barbara Cochran
Local time: 11:56
environmental think tank
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kashew
France
Local time: 17:56
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3"Grenelle" environmental round tablexxxBourth
4environmental think tank
kashew
3 +1Estates-General on the environmentGabrielle Leyden


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Estates-General on the environment


Explanation:
It's a huge think-tank on the environment convened by the French government. Maybe the "Grenaille" comes from the venue or some other historical reference - I've often wondered about that. Environment Forum or "Estates-General on the Environment" is how I'd translate it.

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Note added at 10 mins (2008-08-18 16:47:27 GMT)
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Forgot to add - the farmer's probably making a pun: grenaille ("chicken feed") versus grenelle. See Grenelle de l'environnement -- What's a "grenelle"?30 Oct 2007 ... French president Nikolas Sarkozy's "Grenelle de l'environnement" is as hard for Americans to translate as it is for us to understand. ... and other references



Gabrielle Leyden
Local time: 17:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael GREEN: It is "Grenelle de l'environnement" :)) but grenaille is perhaps more appropriate, used by a farmer (it's a term for small new potatoes ...). see http://www.legrenelle-environnement.fr/grenelle-environnemen... sorry Gabrielle - didn't see your 2nd post :)
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environmental think tank


Explanation:
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kashew
France
Local time: 17:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
"Grenelle" environmental round table


Explanation:
I think it's worth keeping some part of the original French to keep it clear (to those who know) what we are talking about.

Unless there is any reason to think it's a pun (and I see nothing in the admittedly very short excerpt to suggest this), I imagine it's a typo. Or the SpellChecker strikes again ...

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Note added at 44 mins (2008-08-18 17:21:32 GMT)
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I something missing from the beginning of that sentence, btw?

xxxBourth
Local time: 17:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 160

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karen Stokes
1 hr
agree  Daniel Weston
14 hrs
neutral  Gabrielle Leyden: Given the angry tone, I think it's a pun on "middlings", "buck shot" and/or small potatoes. How about "environmental 'escapes-general'"?
15 hrs
agree  Clair@Lexeme: I always keep the French name in there too ... but I am wondering if there is an intentional pun in there ... somehow belittling this Round Table ??? So half an agree really...!
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Changes made by editors
Aug 24, 2008 - Changes made by kashew:
Edited KOG entryBarbara Cochran's old entry - "grenaille de l'environnement" => "environmental think tank"
Aug 23, 2008 - Changes made by Barbara Cochran:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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