Kristina Love Aug 6, 2021:

@ Marie I see what you mean regarding "de" being translated in different ways at times although in this case it looks unusual to me. But your point is taken that it doesn't seem to make sense otherwise. Is it possible that a word or something is missing from the source (such as "y" or a comma)? I guess you're probably right that they're saying something like "development of the wide-necked forequarters" (a step too literal, for not being idiomatic). Here the use of "de" is for a characteristic - like "jugo de manzana." But the ambiguity sticks in my craw a bit - they could have easily dispensed with any ambiguity by inserting the word "y." It's difficult to translate a source that isn't written clearly. Of course it's not possible that a productive meat-bearing region could be confined to only a part of the neck, even though that is literally what it looks like they're actually saying grammatically. This is just one of those quirks of Spanish that gives me a pretzel-brain-twist.

Kristina Love Aug 5, 2021:

"Anterior third" is a phrase littered throughout texts on anatomy of all kinds, including in the context of cattle breeding and beef production.

I even found the phrase "anterior third of the neck" in a book entitled "Beef Cattle Production and Trade." https://books.google.com/books?id=suFZAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA266&dq="...

I don't disagree with the translation that has garnered some support already, but I think it is hasty to reject "literal translations" solely on the basis that they are literal without first doing a modicum of legwork.

liz askew Aug 3, 2021:

13061_MORCILLO añojo tras_291116 - Tudis Bizkaiahttps://tudisbizkaia.com › ecommerce › pdf
Situación / Situation: Tercio anterior. Parte baja de las extremidades delanteras/ Forequarter. Lower part of the forelimbs.

liz askew Aug 3, 2021:

En lo que se conoce como tercio anterior del toro se encuentran la cabeza, el cuello, y la parte anterior del tórax, con las extremidades anteriores o torácicas adosadas a ambos lados.