Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bodies of water
French translation:
étendues d'eau
Added to glossary by
Gleyse
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-10-29 16:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Oct 25, 2013 21:39
10 yrs ago
English term
bodies of water
English to French
Science
Construction / Civil Engineering
"the sea around Hong Kong shrink in the past few decades as officials push to expand through land reclamation, or the creation of new land from bodies of water".
Merci
Merci
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +5 | étendues d'eau |
Alain Boulé
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| 4 | sur des parties de côtes/de mer |
HERBET Abel
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| 4 | eaux territoriales |
Marcombes (X)
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| 1 -1 | polders |
Elena Radkova
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Change log
Dec 3, 2013 14:36: Gleyse Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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9 mins
Alain Boulé
Native in French
Technical translation by an engineer
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, German to French
Related KudoZ points
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26
Selected
étendues d'eau
Suggestion
Peer comment(s):
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Leman (X)
: Plan(s) d'eau
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Tony M
: Yes, that's what I'd call a 'body'
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Daryo
: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étendue_d'eau
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GILLES MEUNIER
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hirselina
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writeaway
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "merci"
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21 mins
Elena Radkova
Native in French
Яснота
Native in: Bulgarian 
, French
Works in: English to French, Russian to French, French to Bulgarian, and 1 more.
polders
Je propose une traduction plus courte:
... ou par la création de polders.
... ou par la création de polders.
Peer comment(s):
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: Un polder est une étendue de terre gagnée sur l'eau ... mais pas une étendue d'eau ...
1 hr
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Tony M
: With 1045 — here, we're talking about the body of water that might become a 'polder' (which term describes a piece of land)..
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Daryo
: also, polders are below the surrounding water level // Hong Kong airport is on a man-made island , above sea level
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HERBET Abel
Native in French
Specializes in field
Graduate engineer
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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79
sur des parties de côtes/de mer
on gagne sur la mer, on fait un polder et on le remplit de matériaux
14 hrs
eaux territoriales
eaux territoriales (entourées de la côte) : territorial sea
telegraph 94 Control by United States 95 Hongkong-Manila cable in 1898 96 ...... Fusage de ses ports et rades, comme de ses eaux territoriales en general; ...... bodies of water, sometimes called closed seas, has already been decided.
http://legal.un.org/ilc/publications/yearbooks/Ybkvolumes(e)...
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Note added at 21 heures (2013-10-26 18:47:21 GMT)
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@Abel : eaux entourées de côtes, "eaux territoriales" est l'expression consacrée
telegraph 94 Control by United States 95 Hongkong-Manila cable in 1898 96 ...... Fusage de ses ports et rades, comme de ses eaux territoriales en general; ...... bodies of water, sometimes called closed seas, has already been decided.
http://legal.un.org/ilc/publications/yearbooks/Ybkvolumes(e)...
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Note added at 21 heures (2013-10-26 18:47:21 GMT)
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@Abel : eaux entourées de côtes, "eaux territoriales" est l'expression consacrée
Discussion
I would suggest you put that glossary in the dunce corner and leave it there; or use it with extreme caution.
It’s a problem common to many glossaries - a term that is perfectly valid in a specific limited context is often presented as "one-fit-all" translation potentially leading to some really comic effects like Monaco extending its territory or Hong Kong building its airport on polders or London considering to build a new airport on polders(?) in the Thames Estuary.
Sinon, vous pourriez penser à étendues d'eau aussi.