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12:35 Aug 22, 2010
French to English translations [Non-PRO] Science - Livestock / Animal Husbandry
French term or phrase:animaux de production
I have already translated "animaux de rente" as "livestock." Is "animaux de production" the same thing? I know the meaning but not the best translation...is it as simple as "production animals"?
Commodity animals can also produce non-food items (e.g.:hide, fur).
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This sentence shows that ''draught animal'' is different from ''commodity animal'':
It could be disputed that even at this much higher asset-intensity, the numbers
of assets represented in Table 2 are still quite poor in absolute terms, that is, 2.7
draught animals and five COMMODITY ANIMALS per Tibetan household.
Knowing, as I do, that pigs are very smart animals, and how horribly mistreated the vast majority of commercially raised animals are, I cannot feel right buying even a morsel of the treats available on Clement Street. Surely these inexpensive snacks are made using the cheapest of COMMODITY animals.
Utilisation de cette espèce par l’homme : loisirs (chasse, observation), animal de travail
(traction, monte), animal de production (VIANDE, LAIT, CUIR...).
Best answer, but I chose production animals as a more common term, but yours is the only response that makes the distinction. Thanks. 2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
I think British English would be the best option here. Unfortunately, the animals are not referred to specifically.
I'm translating a description of a French Vet school's curriculum and there are different pages with different terms.
I think that "animaux de rente" is best left as livestock and am tending towards production animals for "animaux de production". The term commodity animals seems a bit loaded.
Even if a production animal and livestock are more or less the same (and I'm not sure they are), I'm goin to respect the difference presented in the French original.
Commodity animals can also produce non-food items (e.g.:hide, fur).
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2010-08-22 13:00:20 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
This sentence shows that ''draught animal'' is different from ''commodity animal'':
It could be disputed that even at this much higher asset-intensity, the numbers
of assets represented in Table 2 are still quite poor in absolute terms, that is, 2.7
draught animals and five COMMODITY ANIMALS per Tibetan household.
Knowing, as I do, that pigs are very smart animals, and how horribly mistreated the vast majority of commercially raised animals are, I cannot feel right buying even a morsel of the treats available on Clement Street. Surely these inexpensive snacks are made using the cheapest of COMMODITY animals.
Utilisation de cette espèce par l’homme : loisirs (chasse, observation), animal de travail
(traction, monte), animal de production (VIANDE, LAIT, CUIR...).
clain Local time: 14:41 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Best answer, but I chose production animals as a more common term, but yours is the only response that makes the distinction. Thanks.
6 hrs confidence:
same thing
Explanation: Here (http://lipietz.net/spip.php?article892)animaux de rente and animaux de production appear to be the same thing (opposed to animaux de compagnie).
xxxBourth Local time: 20:41 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 94
Explanation: Yep, same thing. Terms above are the best translation.
Marysha United Kingdom Local time: 19:41 Specializes in field Native speaker of: French
Notes to answerer
Asker: from Wikipedia artictle "cull" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cull)
Criteria for culling livestock and production animals can be based on population or production (milk or egg).
Definitely correct on this point.
Reference: Google production animals -seems to be the term in English too
Reference information: Pasteurellosis in Production Animals ACIAR Proceedings: Amazon.co ...
Pasteurellosis in Production Animals ACIAR Proceedings: Amazon.co.uk: BE Patten, TL Spencer, RB Johnson, D. Hoffmann, L. Lehane: Books. www.amazon.co.uk/...Production-Animals-ACIAR.../1863200819
Transitioning to Organic Dairy Production
For the 12 months previous to selling your first organic milk, feed to all production animals on the farm, (milk cows, dry cows and young heifers) must ... www.mosesorganic.org/attachments/.../fstransdairy.html
Intute - Full record - Disposal of dead production animals
Description: This bibliography of scientific research on the disposal of dead production animals is collated and provided on the Web by the Animal Welfare ... www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20066694
writeaway Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 8
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