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Italian to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Agriculture /
Italian term or phrase:allettamento
Hi, this term refers to a negative effect of excessive seed planting on crops. It means that the crops bend over under adverse weather conditions until touching the ground. I cannot find an English equivalent. It is not bedding (as in construction), perhaps bending?
TIA and have a good one.
Explanation: You made need to change the wording but "allettare" means "beating down" according to garzantilinguistica which gives this example: il vento ha allettato il grano, the wind has beaten down (o laid o lodged) the wheat
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Should not the part of speech in the source correspond to that of the target. In this case the glossary will give an adjective "lodged" as the meaning for a noun "allettamento". "Lodging" was offered by colleague Umberto Cassano, and also included the explanation for my own suggestion "beating down".
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beating down
Explanation: You made need to change the wording but "allettare" means "beating down" according to garzantilinguistica which gives this example: il vento ha allettato il grano, the wind has beaten down (o laid o lodged) the wheat
Teresa Valaer Local time: 02:36 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you to all, and I wish I could give points out.
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Asker: Beating, yes, didn't cross my mind!
38 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
lodged/flattened
Explanation: lodged is the agricultural term. Flattened or beaten down are also used
www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/crop1271
10 Sep 2008 – Root lodging occurs early in the season and it is the most common ... crop and adverse weather conditions, such as rain, wind, and/or hail. ... For example, a tall, weak-stemmed wheat cultivar has a greater tendency to lodge ...
Lodging is when the crop falls over. A normal vertical crop is finely balanced, so anything that upsets the balance will cause it to lodge: strong winds, heavy rain, ...
A comparison of root and stem lodging risks among winter wheat ...
by PM BERRY - Cited by 21 - Related articles
standing of root and shoot lodging has been devel- ... wind tunnel experiments on field-grown winter wheat ... The risk of lodging is calculated in terms of the ...
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31 Mar 2011 – The authorities are worried about the procurement of wheat that is ... and at some places the wheat crop has flattened due to winds,” claimed an ...
31 Mar 2011 – The membership form is accompanied by a brief preamble ... The wheat crop flattened by wind and rain near Khanpur village (Sirhind) on ...
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by PM BERRY - Cited by 21 - Related articles
standing of root and shoot lodging has been devel- ... wind tunnel experiments on field-grown winter wheat ... The risk of lodging is calculated in terms of the ...
gallagy2 Ireland Works in field Native speaker of: English
49 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
lodging
Explanation: A useful resource to check out may be the IATE, yet I'm well aware that peers are prone to sneer at the IATE or take its glossaries with a pinch of salt.
Definizione: the inelastic displacement of the plant from the vertical or initial position
Rif. della definizione ICID
Termine lodging
Affidabilità 3 (Affidabile)
Riferimento relativo ad un termine : Haensch/Haberkamp, Dict. Agriculture;
ICID;Agricultural machinery and equipment, CEMAGREF,1990
Commento relativo ad un termine of grain;tilling,cultivation;REF:Haensch/Haberkamp, Dict. Agriculture
Data 24/09/2003
Umberto Cassano Italy Local time: 02:36 Native speaker of: Italian PRO pts in category: 8
Reference information: 'Lodging
noun
The tendency of cereal crops to bend over, so that they lie more or less flat on the ground'
(source, Dictionary of Agriculture, hard copy)
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Thanks, Vincent. You're too kind, surely. Let's say that I've done a number of agriculture-related translations and, as I've already mentioned, I've got some good reference books in my library.
Ciao!
Barbara Carrara Italy Works in field Native speaker of: Italian PRO pts in category: 48
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Asker: Great references! This is a new one for me :-) Thanks Barbara, you really know your agriculture!
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