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Agriculture / Olive growing | | Italian term or phrase: agevolatore | | I'm translating a piece about olive oil in which there is also a brief description of the production technique, including this phrase: "Mediante raccolta con **agevolatori** dalla prima metà di novembre...". Can anyone help? Thanks. |
| Sarah GreggKudoZ activityQuestions: 385 (none open) ( 26 closed without grading) Answers: 2
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| | shaker | Explanation:
"Agevolatore" is another word for "scuotitore" in Italian, which, in the case of olives, can be translated with "shaker": "Hand held pneumatic shakers attach to a standard compressor as used for spraying, etc. A hook attaches to large limbs and shakes the olives loose, similar to the combs above." from http://www.oliveoilsource.com/harvesting.htm
I think that "picker" is more "raccoglitore" than "agevolatore".
You can also get a look at the IATE dictionary at http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/
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Note added at 2 days2 hrs (2007-09-23 08:21:34 GMT) Post-grading
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Grazie, Sarah :) |
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