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La culture de ces deux spéculations n’était pas gratuite

English translation: There was a reason for growing these two crops

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French term or phrase:	La culture de ces deux spéculations n’était pas gratuite
English translation:	There was a reason for growing these two crops
Entered by:	jenbikkal

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18:17 Jan 13, 2011

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French term or phrase: La culture de ces deux spéculations n’était pas gratuite

- Développer les filières du soja et du sésame dans mon pays
*La culture de ces deux spéculations n’était pas gratuite.* Le sésame pour son huile et sa consommation et commercialisation dans les centres urbains.
Le soja appelé chez nous (Cho sina = coépouse du haricot) a plusieurs utilisations entre autres production d’huile, de lait, de soumbala et apporte beaucoup de protéines dans les aliments des enfants malnutris.

This is from a fellowship application that I am translating for an NGO.

Thanks for your help!

jenbikkal KudoZ activity Questions: 29 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 41
Local time: 11:57

there was a reason for growing these two crops

Explanation:
maybe better put plainly

Selected response from:

ormiston
Local time: 17:57

Grading comment

I would have used this answer if I had received it before my deadline. Thank you so much for your help! :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +1

there was a reason for growing these two crops

ormiston

cultivating these two products was not gratuitous/speculative

gallagy2

the development of these two products was not vain economically

Louis Cyril P

The speculative cultivation of these two crops was not arbitrary

Gilla Evans

The cultivation of these two enterprises was not free

Manon Gagne-Kellman

Raising these two crops served a purpose

MatthewLaSon

Discussion entries: 1

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2 hrs confidence:

The cultivation of these two enterprises was not free

Explanation:
Culture = Cultivation - rice cultivation spread from India to China
Spéculations = Enterprises - Agritucltura economics i.e. beef enterprise, etc.

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Sorry, misspelled agricultural...

Reference: http://www.termium.com/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1...

Manon Gagne-Kellman
Canada
Local time: 11:57
Native speaker of:

English,

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: Merci beaucoup!

2 hrs confidence:

the development of these two products was not vain economically

Explanation:
IMHO

Louis Cyril P
Local time: 19:57
Native speaker of:

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: Merci beaucoup!

3 hrs confidence:

cultivating these two products was not gratuitous/speculative

Explanation:
in other words, it was carefully planned and thought out

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-01-13 22:07:32 GMT)
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sorry meant to also say "the cultivation of ..."

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-01-13 22:09:04 GMT)
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or even... Also meant to say (hate split infinitives!)

gallagy2
Ireland
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Merci beaucoup!

14 hrs confidence:

The speculative cultivation of these two crops was not arbitrary

Explanation:
This is my understanding of the phrase.
They chose two crops that they knew were viable and useful, rather crops chosen at random.

Gilla Evans
Local time: 16:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

22 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

there was a reason for growing these two crops

Explanation:
maybe better put plainly

ormiston
Local time: 17:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

I would have used this answer if I had received it before my deadline. Thank you so much for your help! :-)

4 hrs confidence:

Raising these two crops served a purpose

Explanation:
Hello,

I am in a hurry, so I am far from sure.

speculations = crops

culture = raising

ne pas être gratuite = serving a purpose

I hope this helps.

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Or:

Raising these two crops wasn't done in vain.

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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2011-01-15 16:49:04 GMT) Post-grading
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In other words, they just didn't raise these crops for something to do, as they were to serve a purpose.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 11:57
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Changes made by editors

Jan 15, 2011 - Changes made by jenbikkal:
Edited KOG entry	jenbikkal's old entry - "La culture de ces deux spéculations n’était pas gratuite" => "there was a reason for growing these two crops"
Jan 13, 2011 - Changes made by Travelin Ann:
Term asked	La culture de ces deux spéculations n’était pas gratuite. => La culture de ces deux spéculations n’était pas gratuite

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