Hi Elia,
Thanks for being so fast!
Anyway, with regard to:
>the correct term for "emmer wheat"; I have tried Leonor at the
>address you gave me and will send you the complete translation as
>soon as I get her answer. I send it over to you in case you know of
>somebody else who could translate that term.
I just e-mailed the query to the Archaeobotany listserv!
With regard to:
>-Second article: this abstract is written in perfect Spanish but a couple of
>expressions do not mean the same as in the English abstract, and I do not
>know which of the two is what the authors meant. Those expressions are also
>highlighted, you could ask the authors.
Maybe try writing Fabio Bandeira directly; I think it would reduce
the possibility of confusion. You can tell him I asked you to write.
He seems to move around a lot, but I think this is an current e-mail
address he is using:
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With regard to:
>-A couple of terms in the fourth abstract: I am not sure whether "dina" has
>any meaning in English or is just an African word... I have copied it
>literally as if it were the latter... shouldn't it be written in italics if
>so?
>And... I am not sure of the meaning of "rice paddy"... I translated for
>"rice", becouse that is what my dictionary tells me, but there might be more
>to it.
Yes, dina is the African term, and it will be italicized, and there
is no need to translate.
Also, the author is thinking of changing the English to 'land use'
instead of 'land tenure', so maybe put 'use' instead of 'tenure'
As for paddy, a rice paddy is a wet field for growing rice. (some
rice varieties can be grown in regular fields, but mostly rice grows
in water, like in photographs I am sure you have seen!) Maybe Spanish
doesn't have a specialized term for it?
So, thanks again, and I'll report back on my emmer findings. (oh, in
case they are cognate words, in French emmer is "amidonnier")
toodle-oo. Naomi.
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