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above the water surface

French translation: d'altitude

10:17 Sep 24, 2014
English to French translations [PRO]
Agriculture / élevage de truites
English term or phrase: above the water surface
Bonjour à tous,

The growth in the trout market and the necessity for a larger production volume resulted in the construction a second farm between 2013 and 2014 in XXX, in the southern region of Costa Rica (3,000 m{1}2{1} above the water surface), which increases the availability of ponds for the growing stage of trout.

Merci de votre aide
Kévin Bacquet
France
Local time: 13:20
French translation:d'altitude
Explanation:
"above the water surface" dans ce cas-là fait référence à l'altitude, puisqu'on prend comme référence 0 altitude pour la surface de l'eau (la mer). Il me semblerait bien donc que la meilleure traduction serait "à 3000 m d'altitude", sachant que la pêche de la truite au Costa Rica a souvent lieu dans les Andes... !
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Amaryllis Spyrou
Guadeloupe
Local time: 07:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4d'altitude
Amaryllis Spyrou
4 +2au-dessus de la surface de l'eau
alex.saviano
3 +3au-dessus du niveau de la mer
Marie-Françoise ROBERT
3 +3émergé(e)
Christian Fournier
3 +2superficie au-dessus de (la surface de) l'eau
Tony M


Discussion entries: 3





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
au-dessus de la surface de l'eau


Explanation:
une suggestion...

alex.saviano
France
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandre Tissot
1 min
agree  Eric MARRET: 3000 m² au-dessus de la surface, comme une structure flottante ou sur pilotis comme ici : http://fishfarming.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/sonora-point-...
5 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
au-dessus du niveau de la mer


Explanation:
Je pense qu'il s'agit de l'altitude.

Marie-Françoise ROBERT
France
Local time: 13:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci mais il s'agit de mètres carrés


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valérie KARAM
18 mins
agree  SylvieLH
19 mins
neutral  Tony M: As Asker points out, the figure given is in fact in m², rather precluding the possibility of an altitude — unless, of course, we assume a source-text error?
1 hr
agree  Pierre Lefebvre: bien
5 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
d'altitude


Explanation:
"above the water surface" dans ce cas-là fait référence à l'altitude, puisqu'on prend comme référence 0 altitude pour la surface de l'eau (la mer). Il me semblerait bien donc que la meilleure traduction serait "à 3000 m d'altitude", sachant que la pêche de la truite au Costa Rica a souvent lieu dans les Andes... !

Amaryllis Spyrou
Guadeloupe
Local time: 07:20
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandre Tissot
16 mins
agree  Valérie KARAM
16 mins
agree  SylvieLH
17 mins
neutral  Tony M: As Asker points out, the figure given is in fact in m², rather precluding the possibility of an altitude — unless, of course, we assume a source-text error?
1 hr
  -> I assumed a source text error, as m2 does not make sens. Also, I checked on the net, trout fishing in Costa Rica is exactly about this altitude... So...
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
1 hr
agree  Annie Rigler
4 hrs
disagree  Daryo: this is written from the viewpoint of people investing in fish farms - what is going to bring money to them? the altitude above sea level (why should they care?) or the size of the pond (m2 of water surface) (=more fish = more money)?
23 hrs
  -> Because more ponds=more money and altitude helps: in the southern region of Costa Rica "(3,000 m{1}2{1} above the water surface), which increases the availability of ponds for the growing stage of trout." There are more ponds in the mountains.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
above-the-water surface
superficie au-dessus de (la surface de) l'eau


Explanation:
Yet another of thos cases where 2 hyphens would have made such a difference to the comprehension.

I don't profess to understand what this actually implies, but i'm pretty sure about what it says — presumably they measure the size of their fish farm in terms of the area above (or surely rather 'at'?) the surface of the water; I suppose this might change soemthing if the pools had steeply-shelving bottoms, for example...

I suppose it is also conceivable (though i fail to see the relevance!) that thyey are actually using the language imprecisely, and what they really mean is 'ground area, not counting the area of the ponds'; but I can't really see why such a figure would be in any way useful.

Tony M
France
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 21

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christian Fournier: superficie/surface émergée
9 mins
  -> Merci, Christian !
agree  Daryo: the surface of the fish pond in m2 = the "productive area" i.e. what matters
22 hrs
  -> Merci, Daryo !
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
émergé(e)


Explanation:
autre suggestion...

Christian Fournier
France
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mchd: d'une surface émergée de
19 mins
  -> Merci !
agree  Tony M
1 hr
  -> Merci Tony !
agree  willy paul
7 days
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