Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la chaume des collines sèches
English translation:
dry hill grassland/pasture
Added to glossary by
claude-andrew
Aug 25, 2013 16:30
10 yrs ago
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French term
France
Bilingual scientist English French
Native in: English 
Works in: English to French, French to English, English
la chaume des collines sèches
French to English
Marketing
Tourism & Travel
Walk description
Last question! Re-phrasings welcome.
Vignoble et Collines Sèches
Vignoble et Collines Sèches comprend deux circuits de promenades, celui du Strangenberg et celui du Bollenberg.
Dans les deux cas, le promeneur est conduit dans un espace naturel remarquable qui accueille notamment plusieurs types d’orchidées, des géraniums sanguins, des tulipes sauvages et muscaris, ainsi que, pour la faune, des huppes fasciées et des lézards verts.
Outre cette richesse faunistique et floristique particulière, le promeneur aura aussi le grand plaisir de butiner l’ambiance paysagère singulière que représente **la chaume des collines sèches**.
Vignoble et Collines Sèches
Vignoble et Collines Sèches comprend deux circuits de promenades, celui du Strangenberg et celui du Bollenberg.
Dans les deux cas, le promeneur est conduit dans un espace naturel remarquable qui accueille notamment plusieurs types d’orchidées, des géraniums sanguins, des tulipes sauvages et muscaris, ainsi que, pour la faune, des huppes fasciées et des lézards verts.
Outre cette richesse faunistique et floristique particulière, le promeneur aura aussi le grand plaisir de butiner l’ambiance paysagère singulière que représente **la chaume des collines sèches**.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | dry hill grassland |
Rachel Fell
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| 3 +6 | dry hill pastures |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 3 +1 | arid hillside grazing land |
kashew
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Proposed translations
7 hrs
Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Thorough, knowledgeable and resourceful
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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32
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dry hill grassland
more general - not necessarily pasture
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2013-08-26 19:12:51 GMT)
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The Hardt region of Alsace in north-eastern France, is subject to a particularly
dry sub-continental climate...
The project aimed to restore the clearings of dry grassland that remained
through direct intervention and to find a permanent solution for their long-term
survival. It also proposed to identify forestry practices that best favour the
conservation of the biological interest of the oak-hornbeam forests and the open habitats within them, while still accommodating economic objectives in the most productive areas.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index....
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2013-08-26 19:12:51 GMT)
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The Hardt region of Alsace in north-eastern France, is subject to a particularly
dry sub-continental climate...
The project aimed to restore the clearings of dry grassland that remained
through direct intervention and to find a permanent solution for their long-term
survival. It also proposed to identify forestry practices that best favour the
conservation of the biological interest of the oak-hornbeam forests and the open habitats within them, while still accommodating economic objectives in the most productive areas.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index....
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Rachel"
+1
20 mins
arid hillside grazing land
http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rga_0...
Une haute colline du livraďoís. 779. « chaume », selon le terme du paysan, c'est-à-dire un pacage sans eau d'irrigation, un pacage sec où deux ou trois ans les ...
Une haute colline du livraďoís. 779. « chaume », selon le terme du paysan, c'est-à-dire un pacage sans eau d'irrigation, un pacage sec où deux ou trois ans les ...
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaume_(montagne)
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Thanks, Phil
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AllegroTrans
: I am not sure that "arid" is a correct description of Alsace wine country - to me this is a fertile place where it rains reasonably often
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Yes, arid a bit strong I agree
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+6
1 hr
Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
dry hill pastures
Same meaning, but slightly different
Needing little soil, it is found often in the crevices of granite walls, as well as in dry hill pastures, rocky places and by roadsides.
http://www.ask.com/question/is-foxglove-grows-wild-in-britai...
399 crossbred ewes from 2 birth years were raised on irrigated or dry hill pastures.
http://eurekamag.com/research/021/651/recurrent-kind1-c20orf...
Needing little soil, it is found often in the crevices of granite walls, as well as in dry hill pastures, rocky places and by roadsides.
http://www.ask.com/question/is-foxglove-grows-wild-in-britai...
399 crossbred ewes from 2 birth years were raised on irrigated or dry hill pastures.
http://eurekamag.com/research/021/651/recurrent-kind1-c20orf...
Peer comment(s):
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Bashiqa
: I think this fits in better.
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Thanks, Bashiqa
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philgoddard
: This is just a rephrasing of kashew's answer, and your references simply prove that "dry hill pastures" exists as a phrase in English, which we already know.
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I thought that finding the most suitable phrase is what translating is all about.
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Yolanda Broad
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Thanks, Yolanda
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ormiston
3 hrs
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Thank you, ormiston
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AllegroTrans
: This fits better: "arid" is somehow wrong for Alsace, it's not exactly the Gobi Desert
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Many thanks, Allegro Trans. Who knows how much longer this may apply!
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James Nixon
5 hrs
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Thanks, James
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GILLES MEUNIER
11 hrs
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Thank you, Gilou
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Discussion
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