Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
gläserne Pflanzen
English translation:
transparent plants
Added to glossary by
EHI (X)
Mar 13, 2010 11:20
14 yrs ago
German term
EHI (X)
gläserne Pflanzen
German to English
Science
Genetics
Auswirkungen der Genomforschung auf die Pflanzenzüchtung
– oder:
Über gläserne Pflanzen und Wunschpflanzen
Subheading in an aritcle on plant breeding.
Any suggestions?
– oder:
Über gläserne Pflanzen und Wunschpflanzen
Subheading in an aritcle on plant breeding.
Any suggestions?
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | transparent plants |
Gudrun Maydorn (X)
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| 3 | On Designer Plants and Self-Explanatory Plants |
British Diana
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| 3 -1 | vitreous plants |
casper (X)
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Proposed translations
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5 mins
Selected
transparent plants
Ein Vorschlag
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Yes, don't know why I didn't think of this myself. Thank you, Gudrun."
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vitreous plants
(b) Vitreous plants are the plants of a poor structural quality having a translucent, water logged appearance (Witrzens et al.,. 1988; Burrus et al., 1991; Knittel et al., 1991; Fisher et al., 1992).
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Peer comment(s):
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franglish
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Thank you, franglish
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Cetacea
: Watch the context (genome research!): This is not about hyperhydric plants (which gives them a "glassy" appearance), but about plants you know everything about, as in "gläserner Bürger".
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Thank you, Cetacea. I am familiar with the term transparent citizen', but not with 'transparent plants' in the sense of plants you know everything about.
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British Diana
: Sorry, but you are barking up the wrong tree here!
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Thank you, British Diana. Obviously you understand the question more thoroughly than I do.
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British Diana
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On Designer Plants and Self-Explanatory Plants
Possibly the use of "transparent" in this sense of "gläsern", laying bare, is not quite common enough yet to make the meaning clear if it is used in the heading.
So I have made an alternative suggestion - equally one could argue for the use of "explicit", "undisguised" or "evident".
So I have made an alternative suggestion - equally one could argue for the use of "explicit", "undisguised" or "evident".
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casper (X)
: "Self-Explanatory Plants" - what, pray tell, are these? I asked Google, but couldn't get an answer.
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Not surprising, but IMO it is the most suitable meaning of transparent here
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