Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Sugar Cane Plantation | | Portuguese term or phrase: cultura da soca | | In a text about sugar cane. The word "soqueira" also appears, I assume this is related. |
| | | ratoon | Explanation:
Paul, use ratoon cane. Soca and soqueira are almost the same.
Soca refers to the sugarcane as a whole, a field of ratoon cane.
Soqueira refers to a group of (regrown) sugarcane tillers, or bunch, or stump. |
| Selected response from:
Henrique Serra
Local time: 03:15
| Grading comment Thanks to everyone who suggested answers. I chose this option because it sounds a bit more technical - more appropriate for the document.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
| |
| Discussion entries: 0 |
|---|
Automatic update in 00:
|
22 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +2 ratoon
Explanation:
Paul, use ratoon cane. Soca and soqueira are almost the same.
Soca refers to the sugarcane as a whole, a field of ratoon cane.
Soqueira refers to a group of (regrown) sugarcane tillers, or bunch, or stump.
| Henrique Serra
Local time: 03:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 87
|
| | Grading comment | Thanks to everyone who suggested answers. I chose this option because it sounds a bit more technical - more appropriate for the document. |
|
22 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 second harvest cultivation
Explanation:
Veja o que é "soca", segundo o Aurélio:
soca1
[Do tupi = 'renovo', 'pimpolho'.]
S. f.
1. Bot. Vulgarmente, o rizoma ou caule subterrâneo.
2. Bras. A segunda produção da cana depois de cortada a primeira. [A primeira é planta; a segunda, soca; a terceira, ressoca; a quarta, contra-soca.]
3. Bras. Touceira de capim.
4. Bras. N.E. A segunda colheita do fumo.
5. Bras. ES A segunda colheita do arroz.
6. Bras. RS Entre os ervateiros, a árvore de mate quando podada.
7. Bras. S. de MG Fumo de qualidade inferior.
Um exemplo:
Agris Repository Search Results
On the second harvest cultivation, it made clear that the watering management was different in each growth type in order to grow up sprouting of ...
www.fao.org/.../2001/v2706/JP1999004052.xml;JP1999004052
| rhandler
Local time: 03:15
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 52
|
| |
| | Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) |
Return to KudoZ list
| Changes made by editors |
|---|
| Jul 31, 2007 - Changes made by Henrique Serra: | | Created KOG entry | KudoZ term => KOG term |
|
|
| | | | X Sign in to your ProZ.com account... | | | | |
| KudoZ™ translation helpThe KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases. See also: Search millions of term translations  |
The translation workplace 
