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grano duro/grano tenero

Italian translation: hard/soft wheat

06:13 Jun 25, 2001
English to Italian translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: grano duro/grano tenero
2 food labels, list of ingredients
Manuela Martini
Local time: 01:50
Italian translation:hard/soft wheat
Explanation:
http://www.nalusda.gov/ttic/tektran/data/000008/82/000008820...
ciao
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gellercup
Local time: 01:50
Grading comment
Grazie!
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Summary of answers provided
na +2hard/soft wheat
gellercup
na +1durum wheat/soft wheat
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
nala cosa sembra molto complicata
CLS Lexi-tech


  

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8 mins peer agreement (net): +2
hard/soft wheat


Explanation:
http://www.nalusda.gov/ttic/tektran/data/000008/82/000008820...
ciao

gellercup
Local time: 01:50
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 161
Grading comment
Grazie!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adalbert Kowal
agree  gianfranco
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15 mins peer agreement (net): +1
durum wheat/soft wheat


Explanation:
"durum" (wheat) is the term usually found on food labels.

Regards

Giovanni

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:50
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 2030

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roberta Anderson: Giovanni is correct; grano duro = durum wheat (you can check any pasta packaging as ref)
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11 hrs
la cosa sembra molto complicata


Explanation:
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U.S Wheat Grades and Grade Requirements

Classes. There are eight classes for wheat: Durum wheat, Hard Red Spring wheat, Hard Red Winter wheat, Soft Red Winter wheat, Hard White wheat, Soft White wheat, Unclassed wheat, and Mixed wheat.

(1) Durum wheat. All varieties of white (amber) durum wheat. This class is divided into the following three subclasses:
(i) Hard Amber Durum wheat. Durum wheat with 75 percent or more of hard
and vitreous kernels of amber color.
(ii) Amber Durum wheat. Durum wheat with 60 percent or more but less than
75 percent of hard and vitreous kernels of amber color.
(iii) Durum wheat. Durum wheat with less than 60 percent of hard and vitreous
kernels of amber color.

(2) Hard Red Spring wheat. All varieties of Hard Red Spring wheat. This class is divided into the following three subclasses:
(i) Dark Northern Spring wheat. Hard Red Spring wheat with 75 percent or
more of dark, hard, and vitreous kernels.
(ii) Northern Spring wheat. Hard Red Spring wheat with 25 percent or more
but less than 75 percent of dark, hard, and vitreous kernels.
(iii) Red Spring wheat. Hard Red Spring wheat with less than 25 percent of
dark, hard, and vitreous kernels.

(3) Hard Red Winter wheat. All varieties of Hard Red Winter wheat. There are no
subclasses in this class.

(4) Soft Red Winter wheat. All varieties of Soft Red Winter wheat. There are no
subclasses in this class.

(5) Hard White wheat. All hard endosperm white wheat varieties. There are no subclasses
in this class.

(6) Soft White wheat. All soft endosperm white wheat varieties. This class is divided into
the following three subclasses:
(i) Soft White wheat. Soft endosperm white wheat varieties which contain not
more than 10 percent of white club wheat.
(ii) White Club wheat. Soft endosperm white club wheat varieties containing
not more than 10 percent of other soft white wheats.
(iii) Western White wheat. Soft white wheat containing more than 10 percent
of white club wheat and more than 10 percent of other soft white wheats.

(7) Unclassed wheat. Any variety of wheat that is not classifiable under other criteria
provided in the wheat standards. There are no subclasses in this class. This class includes
any wheat which is other than red or white in color.

(8) Mixed wheat. Any mixture of wheat that consists of less than 90 percent of one class
and more than 10 percent of one other class or a combination of classes that meet the
definition of wheat.


Webster's

durum
n : wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used
for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia,
North Africa, and northern central North America [syn: {durum
wheat}, {hard wheat}, {Triticum durum}, {Triticum
turgidum}, {maccaroni wheat}]


Durum Wheat, mi sembra di capire, sia il Triticum turgidum var. durum

Secondo il ministero dell'agricoltura canadese Hard wheat e' Triticum durum

sono piu' confusa di prima, e mi scuso di non saperti dare una risposta univoca.

paola l m




CLS Lexi-tech
Local time: 19:50
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 2228
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