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teneurs fort anormales en U

English translation: very abnormal levels of uranium/abnormally high uranium contents

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French term or phrase:teneurs fort anormales en U
English translation:very abnormal levels of uranium/abnormally high uranium contents
Entered by: Captain Haddock

10:18 Oct 6, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / Soil analysis/Petrography
French term or phrase: teneurs fort anormales en U
Good afternoon,

Is anyone familiar with this expression " teneurs fort anormales en U " ?

La phease est " Ces endroits, souvent tourmalinisées et riches en oxydes de fer, montrent par endroit des teneurs fort anormales en U et des teneurs un peu élevées en Au.

Il s'agit d'une étude scientifique de la terre.
Thanks in advance,
Captain Haddock
India
Local time: 07:20
very abnormal levels of uranium
Explanation:
although the phrase "abnormally high uranium contents" is slightly more elegant than my solution, and perfectly serviceable, from a linguistic point of view "teneurs fort anormales en U" does not actually say these are high rates. The context seems to imply it, but it is not necessarily the case. It could theoretically be abnormally low rates. So I have added this answer as well.
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ATG
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:50
Grading comment
Merci
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3very abnormal levels of uranium
ATG
3 +2abnormally high uranium contents
Claire Cox


Discussion entries: 2





  

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
very abnormal levels of uranium


Explanation:
although the phrase "abnormally high uranium contents" is slightly more elegant than my solution, and perfectly serviceable, from a linguistic point of view "teneurs fort anormales en U" does not actually say these are high rates. The context seems to imply it, but it is not necessarily the case. It could theoretically be abnormally low rates. So I have added this answer as well.

ATG
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Merci
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your explanation


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Good point! At first, I thought "it doesn't matter", but as you rightly say, it could make a difference!
3 mins
agree  Bertrand Leduc
5 hrs
agree  B D Finch
18 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
abnormally high uranium contents


Explanation:
I should have thought: teneur en U = uranium content

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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-10-06 14:49:24 GMT)
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Indeed I realised that the fort was being used adverbially here, but surely for it to be mentioned at all, the uranium content must be higher than you'd expect: otherwise it wouldn't merit a mention? However, I concede that without any real context to go on, this is all just guesswork - hence my middling confidence level!

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: So obvious, it occurred to all of us... but then, as ATG quite rightly points out, there is indeed a syntactic nicety that could be important.
55 mins
agree  writeaway: I also had a yes of course moment. I generally find that it's amazing how "obvious" it becomes once an expert in the field provides the answer.
1 hr
agree  philgoddard: Content in the singular.
2 hrs
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