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Abreife

English translation: maturation

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German term or phrase:Abreife
English translation:maturation
Entered by: Manuela Junghans

11:25 Oct 23, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Agriculture
German term or phrase: Abreife
Is it just ripening?
AndrewSzep
Local time: 23:11
maturation
Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/maturation
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Manuela Junghans
Germany
Local time: 23:11
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3maturation
Manuela Junghans
4ripening
David Moore (X)
3 +1before it is fully ripe
Armorel Young


Discussion entries: 1





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
maturation


Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/maturation

Manuela Junghans
Germany
Local time: 23:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cetacea: In the sentence Andrew has posted asking his other two questions, I'd use maturation.
33 mins
  -> thanks Cetacea
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
50 mins
  -> Danke Ingeborg
agree  John Speese: I'd say ripening for a fruit, maturation for anything else.
1 hr
  -> thanks John
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ripening


Explanation:
This is certainly what I'd call it...

David Moore (X)
Local time: 23:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 71
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
before it is fully ripe


Explanation:
Having seen your other questions, it is clear that the term you want is actually "vor der Abreife", which puts the whole thing in a different light - and demonstrates that posting terms without full context is a recipe for disastrous translation.

Rather than tackling this on a word-by-word basis, I would say that the crop is harvested while green, before it is fully ripe.

Armorel Young
Local time: 22:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kcda: Simply excellent. Very well done and thanks for bringing clarity. :)
9 hrs
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