Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
eaux souterraines
English translation:
groundwater
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Fiona Paterson
Sep 1, 2006 10:55
17 yrs ago
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French term
eaux souterraines
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Environment & Ecology
General text about water
I'm translating a text aimed at a general readership on water management. The sentence is:
[En France] 99 % des eaux de surface et près de 60 % des eaux souterraines sont contaminées.
My problem is that I have found too many translations: le Grand dic lists ground water, subterraenean water, underground water, subsurface water and subsoil water as possibilities. Does it matter which I use? Thank you!!!
[En France] 99 % des eaux de surface et près de 60 % des eaux souterraines sont contaminées.
My problem is that I have found too many translations: le Grand dic lists ground water, subterraenean water, underground water, subsurface water and subsoil water as possibilities. Does it matter which I use? Thank you!!!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +13 | groundwaters, ground-waters, phreatic waters |
Francis MARC
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| 4 | underground aquifers |
Ben Gaia
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Proposed translations
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groundwaters, ground-waters, phreatic waters
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Peer comment(s):
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MoiraB
: except I'd use groundwater in the singular
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suezen
: groundwater
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Aisha Maniar
: groundwater
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| agree |
Leny Vargas
: groundwater
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| agree |
Mark Nathan
: groundwater
21 mins
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Cristina Pereira
: groundwater
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Bourth (X)
: Groundwater
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Joshua Wolfe
: Groundwater in the singular. Also, having translated gov regs. on this, I have never seen phreatic waters.
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df49f (X)
: groundwater au SINGULIER (même si le français emploie le pluriel dans ce domaine) - nappe phréatique est utilisé en français mais pas phreatic waters en anglais - easily found in many dicos...
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voir les hits de sites scientifiques sur Internet pour "phreatic waters"
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Cervin
: groundwater
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writeaway
: groundwater
1 day 8 hrs
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Rachel Fell
: groundwater
1 day 11 hrs
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Alain BERTRAND
: groundwater
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Comment: "Thank you very much everyone for "groundwater", and the useful explanation! Much appreciated!!!"
9 hrs
underground aquifers
more accurate perhaps
Peer comment(s):
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df49f (X)
: sur-traduction not more accurate: ceci serait l'équivalent de nappes phréatiques//water table=nappe phréatique aussi (eaux superficielles/surface water vs. eaux souterraines/ground water)// see refs in asker box for NZ usage of groundwater... :))
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Encore une fois l'anglais de la Nouvelle Zélande est differente des autres anglais...the intent was to differentiate from surface water. Here we say "water table" for "groundwater".
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