Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
pastor de camélidos
English translation:
camelid herder
Added to glossary by
Madeleine Pérusse
May 18, 2003 18:12
21 yrs ago
Spanish term
pastores de camélidos
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Hi everybody,
I am working on this text on the El Niño Phenomenon in Peru. Talking about the Puno population, it says that "generalmente son pastores de camélidos". For "pastores", I thought of "cattle herders", but I'm not sure I should use "camelidae", to refer to llama, alpaca and the like.... Can anyone suggest me something that not sound sound to scientific?
Thank you in advance for your help
Madeleine
I am working on this text on the El Niño Phenomenon in Peru. Talking about the Puno population, it says that "generalmente son pastores de camélidos". For "pastores", I thought of "cattle herders", but I'm not sure I should use "camelidae", to refer to llama, alpaca and the like.... Can anyone suggest me something that not sound sound to scientific?
Thank you in advance for your help
Madeleine
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | camilid herder (AE)/herdsman (BE) |
Jacqueline van der Spek
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| 4 +1 | pastores - herders |
karin förster handley
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| 5 | camelidae herders |
Valentín Hernández Lima
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| 5 | llama herders |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
|
Proposed translations
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Jacqueline van der Spek
Netherlands
Netherlands
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camilid herder (AE)/herdsman (BE)
HTH,
Jacqueline
Jacqueline
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Comment: "Thank you everybody for your quick response! Jane , I appreciated your detailed answer. As a matter of fact, in Peru, not only are there also vicuñas, but guanacos as well. So I decided to stick to one word (camelid), which sounds better than camelidae! "
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7 mins
karin förster handley
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pastores - herders
perhaps you should just say herders, as animals are mentioned elsewhere and it's understood.
7 mins
Valentín Hernández Lima
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
37 happy years translating for millions
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
camelidae herders
Los camelidas son una pequeña familia de mamíferos rumiantes del(orden Artiodactyla) y comprenden los camellos y las llamas y otras formas extintas.
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www.titicacaalmundo.com/en/punofolklore/ danzas_depastores.php
www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X6528E/X6528E07.htm
www.camelid.webis.net/Publications/books.html
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www.titicacaalmundo.com/en/punofolklore/ danzas_depastores.php
www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X6528E/X6528E07.htm
www.camelid.webis.net/Publications/books.html
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llama herders
Please note I have been through this.
There is no generic term for the four beasts in this class in English.
SOOOO, you can say llama herders or
llama and alpaca herders...Don't know if both apply in your case...in Peru is it alpaca AND llama? Not vicuna, right?
The four silly wonderful animals are:
alpaca, vicuna, llama and camels....
so best not to say camilidae because it sounds so weird in English,,,just specify the animals....
:) :)
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Note added at 2003-05-18 18:24:31 (GMT)
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FOR PERU
llama herders OR llama and alpaca herders
don\'t saying anthing using camilidaem it sounds ridiculous
what doesn\'t sound bad at all is: llama and alpaca herders or which ever apply...;
In English, if you use camilidae you are also referrring to CAMELS
There is no generic term for the four beasts in this class in English.
SOOOO, you can say llama herders or
llama and alpaca herders...Don't know if both apply in your case...in Peru is it alpaca AND llama? Not vicuna, right?
The four silly wonderful animals are:
alpaca, vicuna, llama and camels....
so best not to say camilidae because it sounds so weird in English,,,just specify the animals....
:) :)
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Note added at 2003-05-18 18:24:31 (GMT)
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FOR PERU
llama herders OR llama and alpaca herders
don\'t saying anthing using camilidaem it sounds ridiculous
what doesn\'t sound bad at all is: llama and alpaca herders or which ever apply...;
In English, if you use camilidae you are also referrring to CAMELS
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