Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
il loro potere volumizzante
English translation:
its bulking capacity
Added to glossary by
Chants
Mar 28, 2014 16:50
10 yrs ago
Italian term
il loro potere volumizzante
Italian to English
Science
Nutrition
pet food product
favorire il senso di sazietà: le fibre contenute per il loro potere volumizzante favoriscono il riempimento gastrico e prolungano il senso di sazietà
volumising power? .. or some more specific term?
volumising power? .. or some more specific term?
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +1 | its bulking capacity | Lara Barnett |
4 | their potential for making you feel satiated/full up/bloated | Josephine Cassar |
Proposed translations
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its bulking capacity
I think we need to use an appropriate term for the English to replace the idea of both "potential" and "power", which would sound a bit out of context here to IMO.
This link should demonstrate my usage of "capacity" here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/capacity?s=t
This link should demonstrate my usage of "capacity" here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/capacity?s=t
Example sentence:
"Sixty-eight percent of soluble polyphenols were absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract, while almost all (99%) of the insoluble polyphenols were excreted undergraded in feces, improving the high BULKING CAPACITY of dietry fiber."
"A. History of dietary fibre as a functional ingredient: from bulking agent to ... . It has also been demonstrated that different kinds of dietary fibre have different BULKING CAPACITY."
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their potential for making you feel satiated/full up/bloated
volumizzante is used for giving volume as you feel really full-up after. I prefer really satiated
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-28 18:35:52 GMT)
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I think it also means that it adds bulk-probably that is the proper term. See reference: http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/dietary-fiber-the-n...
Sorry if I misled or misunderstood
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Note added at 15 hrs (2014-03-29 08:32:59 GMT)
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I had suggested bulking potential first
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-03-28 18:35:52 GMT)
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I think it also means that it adds bulk-probably that is the proper term. See reference: http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/dietary-fiber-the-n...
Sorry if I misled or misunderstood
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Note added at 15 hrs (2014-03-29 08:32:59 GMT)
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I had suggested bulking potential first
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