beiproviantieren (proviantieren)

English translation: to provision

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)

German term or phrase:	beiproviantieren (proviantieren)
English translation:	to provision
Entered by:	RHaeusermann

20:35 May 21, 2014

German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Evolutionary Biology

German term or phrase: beiproviantieren (proviantieren)

Translating a book on wasps, here are some examples:

"Dabei kann es vorkommen, dass die Wespe beiproviantiert, wenn die Larve schon geschlüpft ist.
"Es wurden in diesem Neste also insgesamt 8 Raupen beiproviantiert."
"Ein Nest, das gewiss beiproviantiert werden sollte, störte ich dadurch, dass ich die Larve herausholte."
"Die Wespe hat nicht nur während der raupenlosen Besuche, sondern auch bei den Proviantierbesuchen die Gelegenheit, sich vom Inhalt der Kammer zu überzeugen"
"Wenn es sich nun in solchen Fällen um einen späteren Proviantierbesuch handelte, verhielt die Wespe sich wie immer bei solch einem Besuch, betraf es aber den ersten Proviantierbesuch in einem Neste und befand sich nun in dem falschen Nest eine Raupe mit Ei"

Is it as simple as "provide"? Or is there a more technical term for this? Thank you!

RHaeusermann KudoZ activity Questions: 18 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 4 United States
Local time: 17:54

to provision

Explanation:
I don't know about beiproviantieren, but proviantieren will be provisioning.

The general life pattern of a female Digger wasp involves preparing a nest, provisioning it with prey as food for her offspring, laying her eggs and then sealing up the nest.
http://www.buglife.org.uk/bugs-and-habitats/digger-wasps

www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/11250000500502079
by C Polidori - ‎2006 - ‎Cited by 9 - ‎Related articles
Nest sharing and provisioning activity of females of the digger wasp, ... Females typically made 1–18 provisioning trips in quick succession before stopping their.

Selected response from:

Armorel Young
Local time: 01:54

Grading comment

Thank you for finding those excellent articles/PDFs, that's very helpful!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

to provision

Armorel Young

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

31 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to provision

Armorel Young
Local time: 01:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thank you for finding those excellent articles/PDFs, that's very helpful!

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

beiproviantieren (proviantieren)

English translation: to provision

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

Your current localization setting

Select a language

beiproviantieren (proviantieren)

English translation: to provision

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

You have native languages that can be verified

Your current localization setting

Select a language