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weitraumige Tierhandel

English translation: Animal trade over a wide geographic area

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German term or phrase:weitraumige Tierhandel
English translation:Animal trade over a wide geographic area
Entered by: Tim Drayton

02:55 Nov 1, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
German term or phrase: weitraumige Tierhandel
This increases the risk of Foot and Mouth disease spreading
mclawlor
Animal trade over a wide geographic area
Explanation:
... or words to that effect. I think it is very misleading to talk about borders because none are necessarily involved - it could just as easily be a wide area of a single country, as was indeed the case with the recent foot and mouth epidemic in the UK.
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Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 03:56
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Summary of answers provided
5 +10Animal trade over a wide geographic area
Tim Drayton
4 +6animal trade across countries, cross-border animal trade
Klaus Dorn (X)
4 +1spacious animal trade
Andy Lemminger
4free-range farming
Mary Worby
4extensive animal trade?
Thijs van Dorssen
4large-scale
glinchey


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
free-range farming


Explanation:
Just an idea ...

HTH

Mary

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2770
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
spacious animal trade


Explanation:
trade animals over a wide area

Andy Lemminger
Canada
Local time: 18:56
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 1127

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JózsefÁrpád Bende
4 days
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
animal trade across countries, cross-border animal trade


Explanation:
"widespread" would be the actual term, however, it doesn['t define it in this context (geographically), hence I would opt for this phrase, thus explaining that it is the trading across countries or borders that increases the risk of foot-and mouth disease.

Klaus Dorn (X)
Local time: 03:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 1514

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Graham
5 mins
agree  Mary Worby: Yes ... scrap my answer!
10 mins
agree  Wilhelm Pfiffer (X)
16 mins
agree  Beth Kantus
16 mins
agree  Ursula Peter-Czichi
33 mins
neutral  Uschi (Ursula) Walke: not cross-border please!
1 hr
agree  JózsefÁrpád Bende
4 days
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
Animal trade over a wide geographic area


Explanation:
... or words to that effect. I think it is very misleading to talk about borders because none are necessarily involved - it could just as easily be a wide area of a single country, as was indeed the case with the recent foot and mouth epidemic in the UK.

Tim Drayton
Cyprus
Local time: 03:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 154
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Uschi (Ursula) Walke: my opinion too.
23 mins
agree  Trudy Peters
1 hr
agree  Dr. Fred Thomson
2 hrs
agree  pschmitt
2 hrs
agree  PaLa
4 hrs
agree  Ulrike Lieder (X): IMHO, this is the best solution.
5 hrs
agree  Thomas Bollmann
6 hrs
agree  ninasc (X)
8 hrs
agree  Abu Amaal (X): I'd suggest something shorter (e.g. "long-distance") but this puts matters clearly.
18 hrs
agree  glinchey
1 day 19 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
extensive animal trade?


Explanation:
I know I'm a bit late for this one but maybe "extensive animal trade" makes sense.

If I am not completely mistaken it could cover the geographic aspect as well as the intensity of the trade. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Regards

Thijs van Dorssen
Local time: 02:56
PRO pts in pair: 39
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
large-scale


Explanation:
or long-range, although this seems to be less favourable.
Just guessing...
You can also try widespread animal trade, which would translate more into "weitverbreiteter Tierhandel".


    bilingual
glinchey
United States
Local time: 17:56
PRO pts in pair: 12
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