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give rise

French translation: donner naissance à, faire apparaître

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English term or phrase:give rise
French translation:donner naissance à, faire apparaître

15:40 Oct 21, 2004
English to French translations [PRO]
Petroleum Eng/Sci
English term or phrase: give rise
On exposure to air, calcium dihydride can give rise to products hazardous in water, having a strongly alkaline reaction.
Florence Evans
Local time: 00:56
donner naissance à, faire apparaître
Explanation:
Tout simplement. C'est ainsi que l'on dit, même si, en toute rigueur, aucun des 2 réactifs ( dans une réaction d'ordre 2), ne donne plus naissance à un/des produit(s) que l'autre !
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Jean-Marc (X)
France
Local time: 00:56
Grading comment
Merci.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3donner naissance à, faire apparaître
Jean-Marc (X)
5 +2provoquer l'apparition
Demosthene
5libérer
Stephanie Huss
4 +1(peut) générer
Alexa Dubreuil
4produce
Glen McCulley
4peut produire
anar2004
3dégager
CMJ_Trans (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dégager


Explanation:
éventuelleemnt mais il y a certainement mieux

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
donner naissance à, faire apparaître


Explanation:
Tout simplement. C'est ainsi que l'on dit, même si, en toute rigueur, aucun des 2 réactifs ( dans une réaction d'ordre 2), ne donne plus naissance à un/des produit(s) que l'autre !

Jean-Marc (X)
France
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Merci.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NatalieD
21 mins
agree  RHELLER
34 mins
agree  sktrans
19 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
produce


Explanation:
or 'generate'; there's a host of options... for once;-)

Glen McCulley
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  CMJ_Trans (X): in French?
7 mins
  -> produit (good point)!
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
provoquer l'apparition


Explanation:
provoquer l'apparition - absolutely sure mainly in phrase and context

Demosthene
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Estelle Demontrond-Box
8 mins
  -> Many Thanks
agree  Sophie Raimondo: c'est ce que je préfère
10 hrs
  -> Merci
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
libérer


Explanation:
libérer des produits

Stephanie Huss
France
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(peut) générer


Explanation:
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Note added at 1 hr 30 mins (2004-10-21 17:11:26 GMT)
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OU
\"peut produire/engendrer...\"

OU
une autre idée serait de mettre \"products hazardous in water\" en sujet avec une tournure comme :
\"en contact avec l\'air, des... peuvent apparaître à cause du/de...\"

Alexa Dubreuil
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:56
Native speaker of: French

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agree  Krystrad
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
peut produire


Explanation:
"On exposure to air, calcium dihydride can give rise to products hazardous in water, having a strongly alkaline reaction".

Le calcium dihydride,en contact de l'air et de l'eau, peut produire
des reactions dangereuses parcequ'il a une forte reaction alkaline.


anar2004
Local time: 23:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
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