Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

hotspot activities

Italian translation:

focolari d'incendio

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Jun 18, 2013 02:26
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English term

hotspot activities

English to Italian Other Journalism Environment
the word "hotspot" has been used to identify fires [generally arsons] spreading in sumatra and kalimantan [indonesia] and that cause thick haze in the region.
ex:
In recent days, it said weather conditions in the region had become drier and an increase in hotspot activities had been observed mainly over central Sumatra. [Strait Times online, June 14th, 2013]

how to translate in Italian avoiding direct reference to open fires or to the cause of the event as in English?

Proposed translations

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focolari d'incendio

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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-06-18 06:45:22 GMT)
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http://www.agro24.it/tag/incendi/

Sarebbe altamente tossica l’acqua usata dagli elicotteri antincendio della Forestale e dei Vigili del Fuoco, usati per domare i focolari di incendio che hanno flagellato i boschi sui monti del Saro...

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Note added at 15 days (2013-07-03 15:19:48 GMT) Post-grading
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Grazie!
Peer comment(s):

agree Giovanni Danielli : focolai
14 mins
Grazie!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "It is interesting to note that in English there is no reference to the word "fire" nor to the cause or type of the phenomenon."
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1 hr

punti caldi

see for example>

Le strutture fisse antincendio
web.tiscalinet.it/.../incendi/prevpassiva2.htm‎Translate this page
Immagine della Florida ripresa dal satellite ed elaborata dal NOAA (National ... Uniti con riportati (vedi legenda) gli incendi attivi probabili (Hot spots: punti caldi), ...

Grecia devastata dagli incendi - Diario Meteorologico della Terra
www.diariometeoterra.altervista.org/.../143-grecia-dev...‎Translate this page
Aug 21, 2012 – Questa è l'immagine ripresa dall'Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). Le linee ... Le linee rosse indicano i punti caldi in cui MODIS ha rilevato ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Enrico Antonio Mion
3 hrs
grazie !
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7 hrs

principi d'incendio

vedi anche il link, se vuoi...
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