Mar 5, 2005 09:57
19 yrs ago
English term
lower, dans le contexte
English to French
Other
Zoology
one of the last areas where they still roam in the lower 48 United States
Proposed translations
(French)
| 2 | états continentaux (des États-Unis) |
Andrés Martínez
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| 2 +3 | contigus |
Richard Benham
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Proposed translations
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Andrés Martínez
Spain
Spain
Spain
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
, Catalan (Variant: Central) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Catalan to Spanish, and 2 more.
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états continentaux (des États-Unis)
I founded this expression in shipping information pages, I think it refers to 48 continental states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), but context is very different...
http://www.users.nac.net/anvil/sets.htm
(shipping is included in the lower 48 states of USA) Buyer prepays order and
shipping. Out of lower 48, all orders are shipped UPS from 07461 zip
Circle S Ranch and Horse Transport Services - Serving *** lower 48 states of USA ***. We offer 48 state coverage and have NEVER turned down an order once booked
www.dentranch.com/index170.html
Drop-Ship Total:
$219.00 (List: $377.95) Price includes shipping within lower 48 states of USA
www.mccallisters.com/easels/best883200and883201.htm
http://www.users.nac.net/anvil/sets.htm
(shipping is included in the lower 48 states of USA) Buyer prepays order and
shipping. Out of lower 48, all orders are shipped UPS from 07461 zip
Circle S Ranch and Horse Transport Services - Serving *** lower 48 states of USA ***. We offer 48 state coverage and have NEVER turned down an order once booked
www.dentranch.com/index170.html
Drop-Ship Total:
$219.00 (List: $377.95) Price includes shipping within lower 48 states of USA
www.mccallisters.com/easels/best883200and883201.htm
Peer comment(s):
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Richard Benham
: Not quite: "continental" would include Alaska. See my answer.
20 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "en fait les deux expressions s'utilisent, mais j'ai trouvé un peu plus de matériel pour "continentaux", je retiens donc cette proposition qui me semble plus claire que "contigus". Merci à vous tous!"
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40 mins
Richard Benham
France
France
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France
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contigus
It's the same idea as has already been suggested with "continentaux", which, however, is slightly inaccurate. Alaska is part of the "continental" United States, lying as it does frimly on the North American continent. Alaska and Hawaii are repsectively the 49th and 50th states, and are not contiguous with the other states, which do form a contiguous land mass in themselves.
So the "lower 48" states are all those except Alaska and Hawaii, which also happen to be the "contiguous" or "coterminous" United States.
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Note added at 43 mins (2005-03-05 10:40:45 GMT)
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You have already worked out that it excludes Alaska and Hawaii. The point of the \"lower\" is that the other states all have lower numbers.
So the "lower 48" states are all those except Alaska and Hawaii, which also happen to be the "contiguous" or "coterminous" United States.
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Note added at 43 mins (2005-03-05 10:40:45 GMT)
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You have already worked out that it excludes Alaska and Hawaii. The point of the \"lower\" is that the other states all have lower numbers.
Peer comment(s):
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Michel A.
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Thanks.
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Andrés Martínez
: I was wondering if "lower 48" could refers to 48 º N degrees (roughly the canadian border W-E) as Michel stated, but Hawaii is also "48 lower". I think you are quite right.
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Thanks.
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NancyLynn
: absolutely, no doubt about it, no. 49 is Alaska and no. 50 is Hawaii.
3 hrs
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Thanks, NL.
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