"footprint" container

Chinese translation: (E、F、G 三组花艺设计,)花盆 “占用”(太多桌面空间)

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English term or phrase:"footprint" container
Chinese translation:(E、F、G 三组花艺设计,)花盆 “占用”(太多桌面空间)
Entered by: Lifeng Yang (X)

16:14 Apr 8, 2014
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Art/Literary - Botany / Floral design
English term or phrase: "footprint" container
Designs E., F., and G. are not ideal for small buffet tables as their “footprint” container takes up too much table space.

請問"footprint" container該做何解釋?
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Haoting Chang
Taiwan
Local time: 03:38
(E、F、G 三组花艺设计,)花盆 “占用”(太多桌面空间)
Explanation:

IMHO
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Summary of answers provided
5符合生态需要面积的容器
David Lin
4“占地”型容器
Randy Wong
4使其成名的容器 (容器的代表作)
Fang Yuan
4(E、F、G 三组花艺设计,)花盆 “占用”(太多桌面空间)
Lifeng Yang (X)
3”根脚型/类“盘盆器皿
tanglsus
3容器的底面积
jingmlittlej (X)


  

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符合生态需要面积的容器


Explanation:
footprint = ecological footprint = 生态需要面积

生态需要面积(英文:Ecological footprint, EF),指支持每个人生命所需的生产土地与水源面积。用以衡量人类对地球生态系与自然资源的需求的一种分析方法。此分析将人类对自然资源的消耗与地球生态涵容能力进行比较。由于全球化的缘故,一个都市所消耗的资源,未必都在当地生产,而很可能输入自其他地方。

英语中的 footprint 一词,根据韦氏词典,除了足印和鞋印的本义之外,也有一个引申义为物件占用的表面面积。Ecological footprint 中的 footprint,是采用了 footprint 的这个引申义作比喻,而非本义。有中文翻译按照本义译作「足印」「足迹」等,都没有译出英文的含意,因为这些中文词语都没有如 footprint 的引申义。联合国环境规划署有译为「环境需求面积」。

建议翻译为:


符合生态需要面积的容器


供参考。

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/生態足跡


    Reference: http://www.bulkcontainerexpress.com/c/48_44_bulk_containers....
    Reference: http://reusables.org/why-choose-reusables/industry-terms-and...
David Lin
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”根脚型/类“盘盆器皿


Explanation:

供参考

tanglsus
United States
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容器的底面积


Explanation:
不确定这三种设计具体指的是什么。我的理解是这三种设计占过多地面面积,不适用于小型自助餐桌。
我想不出一个合适的接近专业的词汇来表述。仅供参考。

Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.bulkcontainerexpress.com/c/40_48_bulk_containers.html
  • 这个例子可能和你翻译的内容相差较远。但出现了尺寸+footprint,可供参考。
jingmlittlej (X)
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\"footprint\" container
“占地”型容器


Explanation:
FYI

Randy Wong
China
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\"footprint\" container
使其成名的容器 (容器的代表作)


Explanation:
footprint 带引号,似乎有强调之意,merriam-webster 词典对 footprint的解释有一条为 ”a marked effect, impression, or impact <left a footprint in the field of research>“ ,放在这里是说得通的。

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另外这里可能语带双关,亦表示“the area on a surface covered by something”,说明使他们成名的容器的占地面积也是可观的。


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footprint
Fang Yuan
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(E、F、G 三组花艺设计,)花盆 “占用”(太多桌面空间)


Explanation:

IMHO


Lifeng Yang (X)
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