Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Tagebaulöcher
English translation:
open cast (mining) pits
Added to glossary by
Eike Seemann DipTrans
Nov 20, 2008 16:05
15 yrs ago
German term
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Tagebaulöcher
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Mining & Minerals / Gems
environment, mining
... die durch Flutung zu Seen werden.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | open cast (mining) pits |
Alan Johnson
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| 4 | open-pit mines |
Colin Rowe
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| 1 | Leipzig lignite mining pits |
Andres Larsen
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Change log
Nov 21, 2008 20:12: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Tourism & Travel" to "Mining & Minerals / Gems"
Proposed translations
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open cast (mining) pits
You may be able to leave out the (mining) and just use open cast pits.
Peer comment(s):
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Nicole Schnell
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GET ENERGY (X)
11 mins
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Inge Meinzer
28 mins
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Penny Hewson (X)
: or opencast mines
49 mins
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GeorginaW (X)
: or cavities, craters, holes > lakes : http://www.hpc.ag/en/portfolio/site-recycling/deposits/open-... or http://www.iba-see.de/en/erleben.html
54 mins
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David Moore (X)
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much. :-)"
1 hr
Colin Rowe
Germany
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4
open-pit mines
In addition, the Leipzig area is characterized by large brown coal open pit mines south of the city, which were in active use until 1990.
http://www.corine.dfd.dlr.de/leipzig_en.html
From coal pits to a lake district paradise
The Central German lake district now stands where an inhospitable lignite mining area had once converted complete tracts of land between Zeitz und Bitterfeld into lunar landscapes. Hardly ever before has such a large region been so radically reshaped by the hand of man. The successive flooding of the *open-pit mines* has created a completely new recreation and tourism area with a water surface of more than 175 km² distributed over 23 lakes.
http://www.cluster-ernaehrungswirtschaft.de/cluster_energie_...
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-20 17:45:47 GMT)
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I have used German websites in this instance, as I believe they refer to the specific system of lakes in question.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-20 17:49:58 GMT)
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This assumes that the later question about "Gewässerverbund" is connected.
http://www.corine.dfd.dlr.de/leipzig_en.html
From coal pits to a lake district paradise
The Central German lake district now stands where an inhospitable lignite mining area had once converted complete tracts of land between Zeitz und Bitterfeld into lunar landscapes. Hardly ever before has such a large region been so radically reshaped by the hand of man. The successive flooding of the *open-pit mines* has created a completely new recreation and tourism area with a water surface of more than 175 km² distributed over 23 lakes.
http://www.cluster-ernaehrungswirtschaft.de/cluster_energie_...
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-20 17:45:47 GMT)
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I have used German websites in this instance, as I believe they refer to the specific system of lakes in question.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-11-20 17:49:58 GMT)
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This assumes that the later question about "Gewässerverbund" is connected.
Peer comment(s):
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Alan Johnson
: Try to avoid providing German websites as good examples of English usage. It's not called brown coal either.
6 mins
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"Open-pit mines" gets 85,000 ghits versus 902 for "open-cast pits"; "brown coal" is an accepted synonym for "lignite" (Collins English Dictionary).
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7 hrs
Andres Larsen
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Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to English, and 3 more.
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4
Leipzig lignite mining pits
Leipzig lignite mining pits
source:
Leisure time in city forest .::. Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing ... -Until 1990 the area had been used for open-cast lignite mining. In 1993 deforestation and the flooding of the huge former mining pits started. ...
www.lts-leipzig.de/cs/click.system?navid=1753&sid=enf7kzia7... - 38k -
source:
Leisure time in city forest .::. Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing ... -Until 1990 the area had been used for open-cast lignite mining. In 1993 deforestation and the flooding of the huge former mining pits started. ...
www.lts-leipzig.de/cs/click.system?navid=1753&sid=enf7kzia7... - 38k -
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