a pie

English translation: trashumance on foot

10:18 Feb 11, 2017
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Agriculture / Text from the Canary Islands
Spanish term or phrase: a pie
Hay que destacar, en concreto, el valor ambiental de la trashumancia tradicional, es decir, “a pie”, y su contribución a la conservación del gran patrimonio público que constituyen las vías pecuarias.

I don't understand what a pie means in this context. Any help would be much appreciated. Is it referring to the legacy of routes now used for hiking? How to translate this here?
Lorna O'Donoghue
Local time: 02:35
English translation:trashumance on foot
Explanation:
I´v seen this term in an academic paper on the ecolological benefits of trashumance.
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Toby Wakely
Spain
Local time: 03:35
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4 +3on foot
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4 +1trashumance on foot
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
on foot


Explanation:
If it appears in quotation marks in the source text, I'd just translate it literally. I understand it to refer to the fact that traditional transhumance does not involve the use of motorised transport.




It could metaphorically mean "in real terms" or similar, but if so, it will be harder to maintain the "on foot" image in translation.



    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumance
neilmac
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell
11 mins
  -> Thanks for the agree. Looks like I'm going to need it :)

agree  writeaway: so people can click on your reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumance
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agree  Evelyne Trolley de Prévaux
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
trashumance on foot


Explanation:
I´v seen this term in an academic paper on the ecolological benefits of trashumance.

Example sentence(s):
  • Although a rich body of TEK persisted among transhumant shepherds, we found a marked loss of TEK among transhumants born after 1975, who scored one-fifth lower on survey items than other generations. The maintenance of transhumance on foot is the most imp

    Reference: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss3/art33/
Toby Wakely
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Many thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I'm voting for your answer because you provided a good reference.
24 mins
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