Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 25, 2008 14:19
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French term
United Kingdom
drêches
French to English
Other
Manufacturing
food, industrial
Here is some context:
Sa capacité de production est de 3 millions de d’éthanol et de 300 000 tonnes de drêches à partir de 820 000 tonnes de blé.
I am having a few problems finding this term in English. I have found several French texts using it and I understand that it might be quite a specialised term specific to the production of industrial ethanol from flour so I want to be sure and use the same specialised term in English.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Sa capacité de production est de 3 millions de d’éthanol et de 300 000 tonnes de drêches à partir de 820 000 tonnes de blé.
I am having a few problems finding this term in English. I have found several French texts using it and I understand that it might be quite a specialised term specific to the production of industrial ethanol from flour so I want to be sure and use the same specialised term in English.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Proposed translations
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| 2 +5 | spent grain |
Tony M
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| 3 | malt, grain or corn "Residue" |
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Oct 25, 2008 14:23: Tony M changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
drêche
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spent grain
Well, Robert + Collins defines it as 'spent grain', which certainly seems logical in your context; though from the mere fact that it is listed in a general dictionary, I would suspect that maybe it isn't such a specialized term as all that after all.
Note that your text seems to use the plural, while the term in EN would be a non-countable, I rather feel.
I'd love to know if there's any etymological connection with 'dregs'!
According to Larousse, it is of Celtic origin, so maybe there could be some possible link to the Germanic roots of 'dreg'
Or of course, with 'dross', which also seems to have Germanic origins.
Note that your text seems to use the plural, while the term in EN would be a non-countable, I rather feel.
I'd love to know if there's any etymological connection with 'dregs'!
According to Larousse, it is of Celtic origin, so maybe there could be some possible link to the Germanic roots of 'dreg'
Or of course, with 'dross', which also seems to have Germanic origins.
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malt, grain or corn "Residue"
google "malt residue" - there are 231,000 instances of it, including the explanation of its use as feed.
Example sentence:
Egg production at this farm increased once they switched to using the malt residue for feed.
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Tony M
: 'malt residue' is indeed a common term, but relating specifically to the brewing industry; the other terms, specifically in the context of biofuels, appear to be much less common (a few hundred Ghits at most)
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drêche
Les drêches sont issues principalement de deux process industriels :
1. Les drêches d'orge sont des résidus de brasserie (dans ce cas on parle de "drèches de brasserie"). Elles résultent de la filtration du moût en fin de brassage, qui permet d'éliminer tous les résidus solides avant clarification de la bière.
2. Les drêches peuvent aussi être un coproduit de la fabrication du bioéthanol. Dans ce cas ce sont des drêches de maïs ou de blé.
Quelque soit leur provenance, les drêches apportent un complément d'alimentation azotée et sont utilisées en alimentation animale car elles peuvent entrer dans la ration des animaux : ruminants et monogastriques .
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drêche
1. Les drêches d'orge sont des résidus de brasserie (dans ce cas on parle de "drèches de brasserie"). Elles résultent de la filtration du moût en fin de brassage, qui permet d'éliminer tous les résidus solides avant clarification de la bière.
2. Les drêches peuvent aussi être un coproduit de la fabrication du bioéthanol. Dans ce cas ce sont des drêches de maïs ou de blé.
Quelque soit leur provenance, les drêches apportent un complément d'alimentation azotée et sont utilisées en alimentation animale car elles peuvent entrer dans la ration des animaux : ruminants et monogastriques .
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drêche
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