03:52 Aug 28, 2000 |
German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering | ||||
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| Selected response from: Dan McCrosky (X) Local time: 14:41 | |||
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na | renewable |
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na | sustainable |
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na | ... made from regenerative raw materials ... |
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renewable Explanation: Do a search on Yahoo/Germany - there are lots of sites for nachwachsend, like: http://www.biorohstoff.de/. |
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sustainable Explanation: nachwachsend means that a raw material is not irresponsibly 'farmed' without ensuring replacement. eg. teak trees which are farmed and only used as new trees begin to grow to replace them rather than just chopping them down in their natural habitat. I thing the best ecological term is 'sustainable', but I stand to be corrected/educated! |
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... made from regenerative raw materials ... Explanation: The translations for nachwachsend could be regenerative or renewable. My Degering/Wessels Wörterbuch Umwelt, NODE and Duden all seem to treat these terms as synonyms or at least near synonyms. UEL looked these definitions up in Pons, Fachwörterbuch Umwelt: regenerate = replace by new growth; regenerative = which allows new growth to replace damaged tissue = regenerativ regenerative properties = ability of something, such as an ecosystem, to recover from pollution = Regenerationsvermögen renew = make s.th. new again renewable = (energy from the sun, wind, waves, tides, and geothermal energy or energy froim buring waste, none of which use up fossil fuel reserves = rückführbar, erneuerbar I have found two other sources on the right and left hands of God: The Department of Energy (DOE): http://www.eren.doe.gov/wind/ - and The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/actions/cleanenergy/index.h... - Something like wind is apparently renewable. Something that grows again is apparently regenerative. - HTH - Dan |
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