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baie endiguée

English translation: contained/dammed bay

16:33 Jan 20, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology
French term or phrase: baie endiguée
"Un suivi de l’utilisation des baies endiguées du réservoir de La Grande 1 par la sauvagine a été effectué en 2009.
L’endiguement de deux baies (BE-05 et BE-07) fait partie des mesures d’atténuation attribuées à cet ouvrage hydroélectrique.
La description de l’utilisation des baies endiguées par la sauvagine et sa comparaison avec celle de six baies non endiguées du réservoir de La Grande 1, constituent l’un des principaux objectifs de ce suivi."
Daniel Bouchard
Local time: 03:53
English translation:contained/dammed bay
Explanation:
This is referred to the bay controlled by dams, etc..

Please see following for ref.:

Damming a large arm of the Bay of Fundy would have significant effects, as yet inadequately understood, both within the dammed bay itself and in the ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy

Damming a large arm of the Bay of Fundy would have significant and not well-understood effects both within the dammed bay itself and in the surrounding ...
http://infao5501.ag5.mpi-sb.mpg.de:8080/topx/archive?link=Wi...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containment
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Adsion Liu
Canada
Local time: 03:53
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2contained/dammed bay
Adsion Liu
4protected bay
Sheila Wilson
4diked bay
Bourth (X)
3confinement bay
gabuss
Summary of reference entries provided
Eastmain - La Grande
Desdemone (X)

Discussion entries: 2





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
confinement bay


Explanation:
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gabuss
Local time: 07:53
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
contained/dammed bay


Explanation:
This is referred to the bay controlled by dams, etc..

Please see following for ref.:

Damming a large arm of the Bay of Fundy would have significant effects, as yet inadequately understood, both within the dammed bay itself and in the ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy

Damming a large arm of the Bay of Fundy would have significant and not well-understood effects both within the dammed bay itself and in the surrounding ...
http://infao5501.ag5.mpi-sb.mpg.de:8080/topx/archive?link=Wi...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containment

Adsion Liu
Canada
Local time: 03:53
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lionel_M (X)
4 mins
  -> Thank you, Lionel_M!
neutral  Sheila Wilson: I really wouldn't consider using "dammed bay" - it sounds ridiculous // because "damned" (identical pronunciation) is a swearword (albeit rather tame nowadays) e.g. "these damned flies!"
3 hrs
  -> Thank you for the comments, you make sense personally at this point, but please kindly note that "dammed bay" does exist in multiple sources, do they all think of "damned ..."?
agree  ILT
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, ILT!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
protected bay


Explanation:
I think I would first call it a "bay protected by dykes" then shorted that to "protected bay".

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-01-20 20:39:20 GMT)
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Sorry, that should read "shorten"

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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-01-20 20:55:03 GMT)
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I actually live in a "village endigué" and I haven't found a neat way to describe it to other English speakers. I always refer to it as a "village surrounded by dykes" Embankments would be an alternative but I prefer dykes.

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 08:53
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Adsion Liu: if we build a dam in the bay, as everyone knows especially in sense of environment protection, it's not only and seldome to "protect" the bay. Sorry for expressing my doubt. What we need is to put an objective translation but not subjective/personal one..
19 mins
  -> I totally agree on the need for objective translations - it was only an afterthought about my own situation causing me similar problems.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
diked bay


Explanation:
l’ENDIGUEMENT de la baie située au droit du PK 311 de la rivière Rupert, appelée baie Jolly, afin de permettre le maintien dans la baie, en fin d’hiver, d’un niveau d’eau propice à la chasse à l’oie et, en été, d’un niveau d’eau moyen semblable à celui retrouvé en conditions naturelles. La crête de la digue est conçue pour permettre le passage de véhicules tout-terrain;
http://www.gcc.ca/pdf/QUE000000009.pdf

the DIKING UP of the bay located at KP 311 of Rupert River, known as Jolly Bay, to make it possible to keep in the bay, at the end of winter, a water level that is conducive to goose hunting and, in summer, an average water level that is similar to that found under natural conditions. The dike crest is designed to permit the passage of all-terrain vehicles;
http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/evaluations/eastmain-rupert/rapp...


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Note added at 8 hrs (2010-01-21 00:41:17 GMT)
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1. A DYKED BAY was created in the LG-2 reservoir in northern Quebec to provide .... in the Parsnip Reach should be examined for dyked bay creation sites. ...
www.bchydro.com/pwcp/pdfs/reports/pwfwcp_report_no_069.pdf



Bourth (X)
Local time: 09:53
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Eastmain - La Grande

Reference information:
There are lots of references if you search using advanced search and selecting hydroquebec.com as the domain.

Check the two below - the French and English sentences are given in the examples.

Example sentence(s):
  • "Citons d'abord l'endiguement"
  • "the first being embankment of the bay"

    Reference: http://www.hydroquebec.com/eastmain1/fr/concerter/pdf/journa...
    Reference: http://www.hydroquebec.com/eastmain1/en/concerter/pdf/journa...
Desdemone (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Adsion Liu
31 mins
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