chat orné / chat sacré

English translation: Asian steppe wildcat

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French term or phrase:	chat orné / chat sacré
English translation:	Asian steppe wildcat
Entered by:	CLS Lexi-tech

09:00 Oct 21, 2000

French to English translations [Non-PRO]

French term or phrase: chat orné / chat sacré

THese are two different cats, but I placed them in one query to make life easier. I am translating a book on cats and cannot find these. Would ornate cat and sacred cat be correct? The only extra context I have is that the sacred cat is from Burma.

Francesca

Asian steppe wildcat

Explanation:
for the first (felix silvestris, ornata group) see site below; there is also another English term given for the chat orne
back later with more
regards
paola l m

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Asian steppe wildcat

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Burma sacred cat

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40 mins

Asian steppe wildcat

Explanation:
for the first (felix silvestris, ornata group) see site below; there is also another English term given for the chat orne
back later with more
regards
paola l m

Reference: http://lynx.uio.no/catfolk/ornata01.htm

CLS Lexi-tech
Local time: 15:27
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 162

Grading comment

Thank you very much - very useful!

45 mins

Burma sacred cat

Explanation:
URL: birman.net/other.html

Other names
English: Asiatic steppe wildcat, Asiatic desert wildcat
French: chat sauvage d’Asie, chat orné
German: Steppenkatze
Spanish: gato silvestre, gato montés
As to the first cat (felis, not felix, I should not presume it is a happy cat!)see also
http://m1.aol.com/cattrust/indes.htm

regards
paola l m

CLS Lexi-tech
Local time: 15:27
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 162

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