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anthropisée

English translation: transformed by human activity

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French term or phrase:anthropisée
English translation:transformed by human activity
Entered by: Jana Cole (X)

12:23 Feb 8, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology
French term or phrase: anthropisée
Cette partie du Rhône est déjà fortement anthropisée
Jana Cole (X)
Local time: 02:55
transformed by human activity
Explanation:
human intervention

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-02-08 12:39:17 GMT)
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You'll find "anthropized" used (390 ghits), but I've yet to see it used by a native English speaker.
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
Local time: 11:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10transformed by human activity
Dr Sue Levy (X)
3anthropized/anthropised
Francis MARC
3cultivated
kostan


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
anthropized/anthropised


Explanation:
Termium:
Domaine(s)
  – Ecosystems
  – Biogeography
Domaine(s)
  – Écosystèmes
  – Biogéographie
 
anthropized Source CORRECT, ADJ

anthropised Source CORRECT, ADJ

anthropisé Source CORRECT, ADJ

CONT – Man has been a long time in
Crete: the first colonists are believed
to have arrived six to five thousand
years before Christ, and so many
plants have had time to adapt to the
prepotent presence of the newcomer.
Most of these are herbs, above all
annuals; that is, plants with a short
life cycle that have succeeded in
adapting to the frequent changes
imposed by man on the environment.
The plants linked to anthropized
environments, called ruderal species,
can be found along the roadsides, in
the archaeological sites, in waste
land, and in cultivated fields. Source

OBS – anthropization: The actions of
man that aim at transformation and
alteration of the territory to adapt it to
serve his interests and needs. Source

DEF – Se dit d'un biotope, d'un
écosystème ou d'une végétation
ayant fortement subi l'action
humaine. Source

OBS – Ex. Milieux cultivés ou
rudéraux. Source



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Note added at 10 mins (2006-02-08 12:33:37 GMT)
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déjà sur Proz :
ambientes antropizados - anthropogenically-impacted environments ... - [ Traduire cette page ]
David Meléndez Tormen anthropized environments Hello, Apparently the term does exist in English as well. Best regards, ...
www.proz.com/kudoz/541839 - 37k

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 12:55
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 14
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
anthropisée
transformed by human activity


Explanation:
human intervention

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-02-08 12:39:17 GMT)
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You'll find "anthropized" used (390 ghits), but I've yet to see it used by a native English speaker.

Dr Sue Levy (X)
Local time: 11:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  French Foodie: sounds more natural
5 mins
  -> thanks Mara - I always like to avoid jargon where possible :-)
agree  writeaway: with Mara too.
22 mins
  -> thanks P :-)
agree  Carlos Alvarez
32 mins
  -> thanks Carlos :-)
agree  Kate Hudson (X)
44 mins
  -> thanks Kate :-)
agree  Erik Macki
1 hr
  -> thanks Erik :-)
agree  xuebai
2 hrs
  -> thanks Xuebai :-)
agree  sporran
5 hrs
  -> thanks Eileen :-)
agree  Karen Tkaczyk
5 hrs
  -> thanks Karen :-)
agree  suezen
6 hrs
  -> thanks Sue - everyone likes plain English!
agree  Peter Shortall
9 hrs
  -> thanks Peter :-)
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
anthropisée
cultivated


Explanation:
I personally would use "cultivated", but for whatever it is worth,see below:

http://www.zionresistance.net/archive/html/wb/001495.html

Jung
09-02-1999 11:25 AM Dalio, I messed up the spelling. The word is 'anthropose' and it refers to the way we design things in the form of the human body; or that the genes that build our anatomy also create the ideas that manifest into the world we create around us; chairs, tables, building...and civilization in general. It's the human organism expanding from the microcosm to the macrocosm, and this is what the word 'anthropose' refers to.

I'm not familiar with Rupert Sheldrake's theory of morphic resonance, but it certainly sounds like it's in the same ballpark.

kostan
Austria
Local time: 11:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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