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big-leaf mahogany

German translation: Großblättriger Mahagoni

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English term or phrase:big-leaf mahogany
German translation:Großblättriger Mahagoni
Entered by: Steffen Walter

01:27 Feb 7, 2008
English to German translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
English term or phrase: big-leaf mahogany
Earning up to six dollars a day, loggers slice a mahogany trunk into rough boards at a makeshift sawmill by Rio Los Amigos. Peru is the world's leading exporter of mahogany, with nearly half of its exports going to the U.S. for high-end furniture and coffins. Experts estimate that up to 90 percent of that wood has been logged illegally. Threatened throughout its range in South America, big-leaf mahogany has been protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora since 2002.
Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Local time: 07:19
der Großblättrige Mahagoni
Explanation:
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Hans G. Liepert
Switzerland
Local time: 07:19
Grading comment
Danke, Hans. Klaus muss es ja wissen ;-)
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5 +2der Großblättrige Mahagoni
Hans G. Liepert
5 +2Amerikanischer Mahagoni(baum)
Gabriele Beckmann


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
der Großblättrige Mahagoni


Explanation:
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Note added at 11 Min. (2008-02-07 01:38:36 GMT)
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Funktionierender Link:
http://www.econautix.de/site/econautixpage_631.php


    www.wwf.de/presse/details/news/konferenz_zum_washingtoner_artenschutzuebereinkommen_cites/ - 17k -
Hans G. Liepert
Switzerland
Local time: 07:19
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Danke, Hans. Klaus muss es ja wissen ;-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Klaus Urban: botanisch: Swietenia macrophylla
4 hrs
  -> danke (kenne ja kaum die deutschen Namen)
agree  Susanne Stöckl
1 day 18 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Amerikanischer Mahagoni(baum)


Explanation:
Der Baum (Swietenia macrophylla) wird nach seiner Herkunft meist Amerikanischer Mahagoni oder Mahagonibaum) genannt.

ich würde Mahagonibaum vorziehen, da dann der Artikel eindeutig ist.

Zwei der zahlreichen Quellen:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikanisches_Mahagoni

http://www.springerlink.com/content/9202m34735291k1g/

Daneben findet man auch, Mittelamerikanischer, Brasilianischer usw. Mahagoni, aber Breitblättriger Mahagoni wird außer in der genannten Quelle eigentlich kaum gebraucht, auch wenn es die richtige Übersetzung von "macrophylla" ist.



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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-02-07 08:39:00 GMT)
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Mein letzter Satz bezog sich auf den anderen Lösungsvorschlag und ich wollte "Großblättriger" sagen, nicht "Breitblättriger" (das wäre eher latifolium)

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  • http://wwf-arten.wwf.de/media/234/Portraet_Amerik_Mahagoni.pdf
Gabriele Beckmann
France
Local time: 07:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  markusg: auch in der EU-Terminologie: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:...
16 mins
  -> Danke, Markus
agree  me.translation
2 hrs
  -> Danke, Malte
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