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gurry

French translation: "gurry"

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English term or phrase:gurry
French translation:"gurry"
Entered by: mediamatrix (X)

21:37 Jul 29, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / sponges
English term or phrase: gurry
Bonjour,

je traduis un texte parlant de pêcheurs d'éponges ("sponge diving"). Ils expliquent comment après avoir attraper les éponges, ils les font sécher, puis les rincent pour les nettoyer et enlever un liquide marron appelé "gurry".

"There is animal matter decomposing and it leaks out in like a milk form, we call it gurry".

J'ai trouvé que "gurry" pouvait se traduire par "déchets de poisson", mais je ne pense pas que cela puisse convenir dans ce contexte. Auriez-vous une idée ?
blan
Local time: 19:10
"gurry"
Explanation:
It's clearly part of the private jargon of this sponge diving community. If they were more international in their use of langage, they might have called it 'gunge'. But that wouldn't make it any easier to translate...

I suggest you leave it in quasi-English, 'twixt quotes: "gurry".
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 13:10
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Merci de votre aide.
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3 +1"gurry"
Jennifer Levey
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Définition
sophieb

  

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"gurry"


Explanation:
It's clearly part of the private jargon of this sponge diving community. If they were more international in their use of langage, they might have called it 'gunge'. But that wouldn't make it any easier to translate...

I suggest you leave it in quasi-English, 'twixt quotes: "gurry".

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Merci de votre aide.

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agree  Mehdi Caps: Oui. Je traduirais la fin de la phrase : nous appelons ça le « gurry ».
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Reference: Définition

Reference information:
Originally a whaling term for the refuse left over from processing whale blubber, perhaps from dialectal gurry, diarrhea.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

A la lumière du dernier terme de cette définition, "déchets" pourrait peut-être convenir, ou pourquoi pas "excréments" ?


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gurry
sophieb
France
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
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