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l’épaisseur de la lame d’eau

English translation: the depth of the water layer

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French term or phrase:l’épaisseur de la lame d’eau
English translation:the depth of the water layer
Entered by: Vivien Green

14:16 May 19, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Rice growing
French term or phrase: l’épaisseur de la lame d’eau
This section about rice cultivation appears in a book about good environmental practices aimed at people working in the hospitality sector. Would "depth of the water way" work or does anyone know of a better term?

Cette pratique récente, connue sous le nom de Système de riziculture intensive (SRI) permet de réduire de près de moitié la consommation d’eau par hectare, en prévoyant des périodes d’assèchement entre deux irrigations et en réduisant considérablement l’épaisseur de la lame d’eau.
Vivien Green
United Kingdom
the depth of the water layer
Explanation:
See http://natres.psu.ac.th/link/soilcongress/bdd/symp3/441-r.pd... for "lame d'eau". You could translate "épaisseur" as thickness, but I prefer "depth".
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3 +6the depth of the water layer
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the depth of the water layer


Explanation:
See http://natres.psu.ac.th/link/soilcongress/bdd/symp3/441-r.pd... for "lame d'eau". You could translate "épaisseur" as thickness, but I prefer "depth".

Marco Solinas
Local time: 02:42
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
0 min
agree  Louise TAYLOR: Agreed.
9 mins
agree  philgoddard: Maybe, but I wonder why they don't say "profondeur de l'eau". Your reference is a poor-quality translation. Here's another question about this term: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/chemistry-chem-s...
18 hrs
agree  B D Finch: Though it would be perfectly OK (and better English) to simply omit "layer" and call it "water depth".
19 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: with BDF in regards to better English and definitely not "thickness"
1 day 2 hrs
agree  Caroline Marsh: You can't refer to thickness here in the context of a liquid as that would refer to viscosity, this is clearly referring to depth.
4 days
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