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raw material

French translation: matière brute

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English term or phrase:raw material
French translation:matière brute
Entered by: B D Finch

23:44 Nov 29, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology / Rapport environnemental
English term or phrase: raw material
For each sample, raw soils were directly analyzed (A1 - Soil analysis on raw material).
Complementary analysis was performed on 20% of sampling (A2 - Soil analysis on raw material), corresponding to the natural soil in order to evaluate more accurately the level of pollution within the superficial natural soil: metals and PAH (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons).
Marilyn D.
France
Local time: 18:25
matière brute
Explanation:
balises.criirad.org/...analyses.../Rapport%2014-28%20Carottage%20Péage%20de%20...
Chaque carotte comporte 6 strates : • 0 => 5cm (avec végétation de surface) .... Tableau T1 / Analyse du carottage de sol par spectrométrie gamma / principaux résultats. Type de sol. Pelouse ...... Analyse sur matière brute (terre et fraction végétale : fragments d'herbe verte et racines). • Analyse de la fraction végétale (herbe ...

I think this should be translated as "matière brute", not "matière première", because this is a soil sample being tested for pollution, not a raw material for commercial mineral extraction.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 18:25
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3matiere première sol naturel
Drmanu49
4 +3matière brute
B D Finch


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
matiere première sol naturel


Explanation:
Matières premières minérales | Minéralinfo
www.mineralinfo.fr/page/matieres-premieres-minerales
5 nov. 2014 - Les matières premières minérales sont à la base du développement de l'humanité. En 200 ans, l'ère industrielle puis la croissance économique des pays émergents ont accéléré l'utilisation de ces ressources non renouvelables du sous-sol. Leur développement durable s'appuie sur l'équilibre entre ...

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 18:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 160

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: matière première, je ne comprends pas pourquoi vous rajoutez sol naturel...
6 hrs
  -> sol non transformé Thank you Gilles.
agree  Sarah Bouachacha: oui mais pourquoi ajouter naturel?
8 hrs
  -> sol non transformé Thank you
agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
8 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
matière brute


Explanation:
balises.criirad.org/...analyses.../Rapport%2014-28%20Carottage%20Péage%20de%20...
Chaque carotte comporte 6 strates : • 0 => 5cm (avec végétation de surface) .... Tableau T1 / Analyse du carottage de sol par spectrométrie gamma / principaux résultats. Type de sol. Pelouse ...... Analyse sur matière brute (terre et fraction végétale : fragments d'herbe verte et racines). • Analyse de la fraction végétale (herbe ...

I think this should be translated as "matière brute", not "matière première", because this is a soil sample being tested for pollution, not a raw material for commercial mineral extraction.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 18:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marielle Akamatsu: Parfaitement d'accord ! cf. Larousse "Matière première = matériau d'origine naturelle qui est l'objet d'une transformation artisanale ou industrielle"
2 hrs
  -> Merci Marielle
agree  Schtroumpf: Et même "échantillon brut" me paraîtrait acceptable aussi ici.
3 hrs
  -> Merci Schtroumpf
agree  Marcombes (X)
22 hrs
  -> Thanks Marcombes
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