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sacrificar

English translation: sacrificed/killed

18:12 Jan 26, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Livestock / Animal Husbandry / Eel farming
Spanish term or phrase: sacrificar
I know that when it's cattle, the translation is "slaughter", but this refers to eels in an experiment:
"Una vez por semana, se sacrificaron 10 machos, obteniendo parametros morfometricos..."
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 14:22
English translation:sacrificed/killed
Explanation:
hope it helps
Selected response from:

Mirtha Grotewold
Guatemala
Local time: 06:22
Grading comment
In view of your eminent agrees, I'll go for this answer:) Thanks everyone for the help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5sacrificed/killed
Mirtha Grotewold
4 +2slaughter
Dave Pugh
5sacrifice/euthanize
Michele Fauble
4put to death
Peter van der Hoek
4sacrifice / put down
Cinnamon Nolan


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
sacrificed/killed


Explanation:
hope it helps

Mirtha Grotewold
Guatemala
Local time: 06:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
In view of your eminent agrees, I'll go for this answer:) Thanks everyone for the help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roberto Hall: killed. Maybe "killed painlessly" if it were necessary to soften the expression.
5 mins
  -> Thank you Roberto
agree  John Speese: I've heard sacrificed used in the context of animals killed to obtain data in research or experiments.
11 mins
  -> Thanks John
agree  Peter van der Hoek: I do, of course, agree with you, Mirtha!
15 mins
  -> Thank you, Peter
agree  liz askew: killed. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=once a wee...
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Liz
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Alas, "sacrificed" is a common euphemism in describing research using live animals. Who knows if it was painless?
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Muriel, true who knows if it was painless
disagree  Andrée Goreux: Animals for food are slaughtered, sick pets are put down, people are killed or put to death
6 hrs
  -> But these are experiment animals so they are sacrificed or killed
agree  Marcelo González: "sacrificed for research (purposes)"--not exactly an uncommon phrase/euphemism
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Marcelo
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
put to death


Explanation:
Not that I don't agree with Mirtha, but simply so you've got some more options.

Peter van der Hoek
Spain
Local time: 14:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Juan Jacob: In Mexico we say: "Put to sleep"... poor things.
5 mins
  -> Thanks for your support! Indeed they are Juan. I spend a lot of my free time helping a foundation that rescues street and beach animals.
disagree  Andrée Goreux: Animals for food are slaughtered, sick pets are put down, people are killed or put to death
6 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sacrifice / put down


Explanation:
To give you another option: "Put down" is a term widely used as a eurphamism for sacrificed in the sphere of laboratory studies.

Understanding Animal Research | FAQsUnderstanding Animal Research engages in the UK public debate about the use of ... Animal experiments are just one method in biological and medical ... scientific and legal reasons to treat laboratory animals well and use them ... any animal suffering severe pain which cannot be alleviated is put down immediately. ...
www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/faqs/

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Animal Welfare ActThe data suggest that use of laboratory animals allowed to add 28 years of life to an ... Puppy mills (known as puppy farms in the UK and Australia) are dog .... German Animal Welfare Act (10189 words). Animals used in experiments to ... or lethal concentration of a substance shall be put down painlessly as soon as ...
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Animal-Welfare-Act

Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 14:22
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: I'd only really use this for pets, but thanks for your input and please ignore the rather snippy "disagree" there ;)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter van der Hoek: Again, I agree. There are many ways of expressing this painful act.
23 mins
  -> Thanks for your support, Peter. Have a nice day. :)
disagree  Andrée Goreux: Animals for food are slaughtered, in context, this is an eel farm. Sick pets are put down, put to sleep or sacrificed. People are killed in an accident or put to death for a crime.
5 hrs
  -> As Mirtha points out, these are NOT animals for food; the context is a laboratory EXPERIMENT. You should read the entire entry more carefully.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
slaughter


Explanation:
I would go with slaughter. For me "killed" isn't the right word here.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-01-26 20:59:49 GMT)
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www.springerlink.com/index/GA3B3EBFFJ702CM9.pdf

Dave Pugh
Local time: 14:22
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrée Goreux: Perfect!! Animals for food are slaughtered, sick pets are put down, people are killed or put to death
3 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Michael Powers (PhD): Hay una expresión cubana de "no tener pelos en la lengua" que se traduce "tell it like it is." - Mike :)
4 hrs
  -> Thanks
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
sacrifice/euthanize


Explanation:
... the same principle applies to animals that are to be sacrificed or euthanized at the end of a study.
www.mnstate.edu/Iacuc/rats.cfm

Harvesting or otherwise procuring fresh tissue or cell samples from sacrificed or euthanized animals ...
www.copernicusproject.ucr.edu/ssi/Science Fair/8/Vertebrate...

All eels were euthanized in MS222, weighed to the nearest gram, measured to the nearest millimeter (total length, TL), and decapitated. ...
www.springerlink.com/index/LR44RP1N87331V55.pdf

Prior to 2002, most eels were euthanized in a 10% formalin solution and weighed (g), and measured (mm) at the Eustis Fishery Research Laboratory. ...
mercury.ornl.gov/metadata/nbii/xml/ncddc/fwc_fwri_ffr_ffb00005.xml

Eels were euthanized with clove oil. They were weighed and length measured. Parasites were counted, and parasite length measured.
www.fws.gov/northeast/ameel/wkshp2b.pdf


Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 05:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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