Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
composés malodorants
English translation:
foul-smelling compounds
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Dec 19, 2006 16:48
17 yrs ago
French term
United Kingdom
BA(Hons), Dip Trans IOL, MCIL London
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
composés malodorants
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Environment & Ecology
reservoirs; eutrophication
Are these (see *** below) 'malodorous components' or 'malodorous compounds'.... my dilemma is, are they necessarily compounds? I guess it is the meaning of
'composés' here that is troubling me... slightly ambiguous as it can mean either. Are the things that cause water to smell necessarily compounds....or should I take the safer option and call them components, which could also refer to compounds?!!!
L’usine de potabilisation doit donc faire face chaque été à la présence massive de microalgues et particulièrement de cyanobactéries dont les risques associés sont la présence de ***composés malodorants*** et de toxines dans l’eau brute.
'composés' here that is troubling me... slightly ambiguous as it can mean either. Are the things that cause water to smell necessarily compounds....or should I take the safer option and call them components, which could also refer to compounds?!!!
L’usine de potabilisation doit donc faire face chaque été à la présence massive de microalgues et particulièrement de cyanobactéries dont les risques associés sont la présence de ***composés malodorants*** et de toxines dans l’eau brute.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | foul-smelling compounds |
blavatsky
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| 3 +2 | foul-smelling components |
Claire Cox
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| 4 +1 | constituents |
Bourth (X)
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foul-smelling compounds
I have no problem with compounds.
Most perfumes are made from compounds called esters.
Rotten-egg gas is made from a deadly compound called
hydrogen sulfide (H2S).
The microbial decomposition of organic matter, especially the anaerobic breakdown of proteins, with the production of foul-smelling compounds such as hydrogen sulfide and amines.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072320419/student_vie...
Most perfumes are made from compounds called esters.
Rotten-egg gas is made from a deadly compound called
hydrogen sulfide (H2S).
The microbial decomposition of organic matter, especially the anaerobic breakdown of proteins, with the production of foul-smelling compounds such as hydrogen sulfide and amines.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072320419/student_vie...
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Bourth (X)
: Question of tone. Rotting water hyacinth is a "foul-smelling constituent" (or even "matter") in layman's terms, but for the chemist it is due to the "foul-smelling compounds" produced by decomposition of the same water hyacinth.
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Virgile
: in a technical document, compounds would sit better
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Gabrielle Leyden
: definitely compounds
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Comment: "I think the agreement says it all, and I agree that 'compounds' is more suitable in the context. Thanks to all contributors. "
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
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French & German Technical Translations
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
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foul-smelling components
I think I'd take the safest option and go for components, as they may not necessarily be compounds, as you say.
See:
Greening of Industrial EcosystemsThis liquid, mostly water, contained foul-smelling components that he. OCR for page 222 The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems identified as aldehydes, ...
fermat.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2129&page=217 - 61k - Cached - Similar pages
Nat' Academies Press, Integrated Design of Alternative ...The Army plans to detoxify HD by treatment with water slightly below the ... and the components of water, OH− and H+, are inserted at the site of the bond ...
fermat.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9859&page=4 - 41k - Cached - Similar pages
Lake and Water Word Glossary - PWater is an example of a heterogeneous chemical system of one component. ... fungi, and oxidation, resulting in the formation of foul-smelling products, ...
www.nalms.org/glossary/lkword_p.htm - 131k - Cached - Similar pages
EPA-MAIA - Condition of the Mid-Atlantic Estuaries1980s when foul-smelling mats of algae bloomed in response to high nutrient ... The amount of oxygen that can remain dissolved in water is reduced as ...
www.epa.gov/emfjulte/tpmcmaia/html/es-watqual.html - 59k
See:
Greening of Industrial EcosystemsThis liquid, mostly water, contained foul-smelling components that he. OCR for page 222 The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems identified as aldehydes, ...
fermat.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=2129&page=217 - 61k - Cached - Similar pages
Nat' Academies Press, Integrated Design of Alternative ...The Army plans to detoxify HD by treatment with water slightly below the ... and the components of water, OH− and H+, are inserted at the site of the bond ...
fermat.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9859&page=4 - 41k - Cached - Similar pages
Lake and Water Word Glossary - PWater is an example of a heterogeneous chemical system of one component. ... fungi, and oxidation, resulting in the formation of foul-smelling products, ...
www.nalms.org/glossary/lkword_p.htm - 131k - Cached - Similar pages
EPA-MAIA - Condition of the Mid-Atlantic Estuaries1980s when foul-smelling mats of algae bloomed in response to high nutrient ... The amount of oxygen that can remain dissolved in water is reduced as ...
www.epa.gov/emfjulte/tpmcmaia/html/es-watqual.html - 59k
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monbuckland
: I lke foul-smlling too
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constituents
whether malodourous, foul-smelling (I've never smelt a fowl in my life, yer Honour!), bad-smelling, olfactively unpleasant/distasteful or "that smell bad".
Socks back on, back to work ...
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Or any of the above with "matter".
As in "Does it matter to you if I take my socks off?"
Socks back on, back to work ...
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Or any of the above with "matter".
As in "Does it matter to you if I take my socks off?"
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Claire Cox
: I like constituents too - and if you'd smelled the dead seagull that my dog decided to roll ecstatically in the other day, you'd know why foul-smelling is so named...
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