coal miner's canary

Croatian translation: kanarinac u rudarskom oknu

20:33 Apr 27, 2008
English to Croatian translations [PRO]
Mining & Minerals / Gems
English term or phrase: coal miner's canary
The MTP's final workshop in Perpignan demonstrated that climate change affects marine productivity. Future climatic changes can thus have a profound influence on ocean productivity and the sensitivity of the Mediterranean - a kind of "coal-miner's canary" for the world's oceans - could allow these to be predicted.
Margita Soldo Ivančić
Croatia
Local time: 08:50
Croatian translation:kanarinac u rudarskom oknu
Explanation:
Naravno, radi se o prenesenom značenju, ali bi se moglo upotrijebiti u ovom kontekstu.

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evo dodatnog pojašnjenja:
"Today, the expression “canary in a coal mine” is used to refer to something that indicates a warning, a sign to take notice of a negative change that has taken place"
(http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/niehs/ambient/teacher/air/...
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3 +9kanarinac u rudarskom oknu
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coal miner\'s canary
kanarinac u rudarskom oknu


Explanation:
Naravno, radi se o prenesenom značenju, ali bi se moglo upotrijebiti u ovom kontekstu.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-04-28 07:25:59 GMT)
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evo dodatnog pojašnjenja:
"Today, the expression “canary in a coal mine” is used to refer to something that indicates a warning, a sign to take notice of a negative change that has taken place"
(http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/niehs/ambient/teacher/air/...


    Reference: http://www.voanews.com/croatian/archive/2001-11/a-2001-11-07...
Ana Kübli
Croatia
Local time: 08:50
Native speaker of: Croatian
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agree  pike
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agree  V&M Stanković: „...nekada se prisutnost zapaljivih i otrovnih plinova u rudarskim oknima testirala uz pomoć kanarinaca. Mrtav kanarinac značio je pozitivan test.“ ( http://www.fer.hr/_download/repository/MP11_BioKemijskiSenzo... )
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