trace greenhouse gases

Italian translation: gas traccia climalteranti

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English term or phrase:	trace greenhouse gases
Italian translation:	gas traccia climalteranti
Entered by:	Rosario Liberto

06:54 Apr 20, 2011

English to Italian translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology

English term or phrase: trace greenhouse gases

Hi, I am having a translation problem with the compound noun ''trace geenhouse gases'', I have to translate the adjective ''trace'' from English into Italian.

The context refers to biofuels, the field is related to greenhouse gases, the sentence comes from an article, here it is : If the amounts of CO2 and other trace greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are increased, more heat will be trapped.

I translated the adjective like this ''residui''

Thanks in advance

Rosario Liberto KudoZ activity Questions: 294 (1 open) (13 without valid answers) Answers: 2 Italy
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gas traccia climalteranti

Explanation:
Le emissioni di gas serra di natura antropica costituiscono la causa ... Inoltre , favoriscono la formazione di gas traccia climalteranti (ad es. il metano ...
www.bafu.admin.ch/klima/.../index.html?...

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Note added at 25 Min. (2011-04-20 07:20:00 GMT)
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in English: trace gases

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Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 18:16

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grazie mille!
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gas serra in tracce

Giuseppe Bellone

gas traccia/ gas effetto serra

Elisa Cinquini

gas traccia climalteranti

Ellen Kraus

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gas serra in tracce

Explanation:
O , come vedi qui: ... gas traccia...
http://www.bafu.admin.ch/klima/00469/00471/00476/index.html?...

Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Local time: 18:16
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

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gas traccia climalteranti

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 18:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

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grazie mille!

2 days 1 hr confidence:

gas traccia/ gas effetto serra

Explanation:
There are some gases (CO2, methan, nitrogen, water steam and others) which in Italian in scientific textes are defined as GAS TRACCIA. I would not use the expression "tracce/residui di gas serra" otherwise in the source language it should be written "greenhouse gases traces" or better "traces of greenhouse gases".

Example sentence(s):

Meno dell’1% dell’atmosfera sono poi cosiddetti “gas traccia”, per lo più prodotti da attività umane

Reference: http://www.tusciaromana.info/4Natura/n_cli_serra.htm

Elisa Cinquini
Local time: 18:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

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