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absence quasi-totale de pousse

English translation: Where do you get "half"?

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12:34 Jun 11, 2011

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Agriculture / Production of biofuel

French term or phrase: absence quasi-totale de pousse

A crop of miscanthus did not perform as expected and one of the findings was:

Absence quasi-totale de pousse de miscanthus sur les 2 ha de jachère que XXX a estimé pouvoir planter cepdendant

Does it mean that half of the crop had not grown?
The crop was only half its expected height?

AllegroTrans KudoZ activity Questions: 156 (none open) (20 closed without grading) Answers: 3288 United Kingdom
Local time: 16:58

English translation:Where do you get "half"?

Explanation:
"Practically no growth" is what it means.

Selected response from:

xxxBourth
Local time: 17:58

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Summary of answers provided
4 +6	Where do you get "half"?	xxxBourth
5	practically no growth	Gabrielle Leyden
3 +1	a quasi total lack of miscanthus shoots	piazza d

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23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

Where do you get "half"?

Explanation:
"Practically no growth" is what it means.

xxxBourth
Local time: 17:58
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 160

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks!

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

a quasi total lack of miscanthus shoots

Explanation:
I was first tempted to answer with "growth". But I wonder if the French word shouldn't be with an "s" or else why "pousse DE miscanthus" rather than "pousse DU miscanthus".

piazza d
France
Local time: 17:58
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French

3 days10 mins confidence:

practically no growth

Explanation:
"pousse" = growth, "pousses" = shoots. In other words, almost nothing came up on the acreage planted. "absence quasi-totale" = almost complete lack. Where, as others have pointed out, did you get "half" from?

Gabrielle Leyden
Local time: 17:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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Non-PRO (3): gallagy2, B D Finch, Gabrielle Leyden

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Jun 14, 2011 - Changes made by Gabrielle Leyden:
Level	PRO => Non-PRO

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