Sep 9, 2019 15:40
4 yrs ago
French term
Lithuania
patent / technical translator
Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French
aquatiques describes which name
French to English
Other
Botany
un produit algicide, algistatique, herbicide ou herbistatique appliquant le principe de l’allélopathie et permettant une mise en oeuvre sur le terrain au plus près de la biomasse végétale ciblée, algues, bryophytes, ptéridophytes ou macrophytes aquatiques.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | (aquatic) macrophytes |
Yvonne Gallagher
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Change log
Sep 9, 2019 15:43: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Other" , "Field (write-in)" from "scientific patent" to "(none)"
Proposed translations
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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(aquatic) macrophytes
the others are not aquatic plants
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Note added at 20 mins (2019-09-09 16:01:09 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteridophyte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryophyte
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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-09-09 17:48:32 GMT)
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Well, it is a conundrum unless you have the actual types of plants belonging to each group.
Ph_B's 2nd link isn't much help as it's about both water and land algae. The Fr Wiki is very different from the English version. So yes, it appears there are indeed water mosses and ferns though I'd have always associated them with land! John has an aquarium so knows otherwise!
This is the way I read it initially.
I imagine putting les, before each of these types in the list as usually done in French
...la biomasse végétale ciblée: les algues, les bryophytes, les ptéridophytes ou les macrophytes aquatiques.
Note the last one is separated with ou, not ET
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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-09-09 18:01:38 GMT)
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As John said "mosses (bryophytes) and ferns (pteridophytes) aren't typically aquatic although they often grow near water and there are exceptions...
so, you could include all of them as aquatic or not...
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Note added at 20 mins (2019-09-09 16:01:09 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteridophyte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryophyte
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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-09-09 17:48:32 GMT)
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Well, it is a conundrum unless you have the actual types of plants belonging to each group.
Ph_B's 2nd link isn't much help as it's about both water and land algae. The Fr Wiki is very different from the English version. So yes, it appears there are indeed water mosses and ferns though I'd have always associated them with land! John has an aquarium so knows otherwise!
This is the way I read it initially.
I imagine putting les, before each of these types in the list as usually done in French
...la biomasse végétale ciblée: les algues, les bryophytes, les ptéridophytes ou les macrophytes aquatiques.
Note the last one is separated with ou, not ET
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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-09-09 18:01:38 GMT)
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As John said "mosses (bryophytes) and ferns (pteridophytes) aren't typically aquatic although they often grow near water and there are exceptions...
so, you could include all of them as aquatic or not...
Peer comment(s):
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John Speese
: I agree with Yvonne, mosses (bryophytes) and ferns (pteridophytes) aren't typically aquatic, although they often grow near water and there are exceptions (I have water ferns in my aquarium!).
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Many thanks. I had to look up the 3 types to confirm for sure.
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Ph_B (X)
: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryophyte_aquatique + https://www.britannica.com/science/algae
28 mins
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strange the Fr and Eng Wikis are so different.
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philgoddard
: Pteridophytes can be aquatic, too.
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so I see
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Michele Fauble
: There are aquatic bryophytes and aquatic pteridophytes.
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so I see
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