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English translation: cutting down (reducing)


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French term or phrase:coupe
English translation:cutting down (reducing)
Entered by: DocteurPC
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18:20 Apr 4, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Agriculture
French term or phrase: coupe
In a text on brandy production.

Choice of lots d’eau de vie/boisés
Création de la coupe sur papier
Linebyline
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:00
cutting down (reducing)
Explanation:
maybe as in reducing the alcool content - or maybe it's cutting the paper labels that will go on the bottles
or maybe listing by how much they will be reducing the brandy
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DocteurPC
Canada
Local time: 12:00
Grading comment
Thanks for the ideas. It really was impossible to translate without any context!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3cutting, cutting areagad
2cutting down (reducing)
DocteurPC
2drawing of cross-sectionVeronique Domaratsky-Dujardin


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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cutting, cutting area


Explanation:
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gad
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
drawing of cross-section


Explanation:
just an idea--the context is not clear to me

Veronique Domaratsky-Dujardin
Local time: 18:00
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
cutting down (reducing)


Explanation:
maybe as in reducing the alcool content - or maybe it's cutting the paper labels that will go on the bottles
or maybe listing by how much they will be reducing the brandy

DocteurPC
Canada
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks for the ideas. It really was impossible to translate without any context!
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