Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
accordant le prolongement de la maturité
English translation:
allowing more time for the ripening
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Carol Gullidge
Mar 23, 2012 17:44
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French term
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accordant le prolongement de la maturité
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Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
vineyard management and harvesting
Les découpages intra-parcellaires, menés grâce à la cartographie satellitaire pour la seconde année consécutive, révèlent encore leur pertinence, ******* accordant le prolongement de la maturité ******* sur les parties le plus vigoureuses
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The "découpages intra-parcellaires" refers to "intra-plot zoning" and "cartographie satellitaire" is satellite imagery. This wine-producing area had been hit by hailstorms in the run-up to harvesting (a fortnight earlier) thereby "diluting" the berries.
Meanwhile, the simple vocab of the term in question has me stumped - what exactly is it saying? ... that it advocated allowing more time for ripening? Or what? If anyone can explain this clearly in fairly simple terms, I'd be jolly grateful - many thanks!
NB: A basic explanation is probably all I'm looking for, unless there is a specific technical term for this!
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The "découpages intra-parcellaires" refers to "intra-plot zoning" and "cartographie satellitaire" is satellite imagery. This wine-producing area had been hit by hailstorms in the run-up to harvesting (a fortnight earlier) thereby "diluting" the berries.
Meanwhile, the simple vocab of the term in question has me stumped - what exactly is it saying? ... that it advocated allowing more time for ripening? Or what? If anyone can explain this clearly in fairly simple terms, I'd be jolly grateful - many thanks!
NB: A basic explanation is probably all I'm looking for, unless there is a specific technical term for this!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 1 | enabling an extension of the ripening process |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 5 | allowed (the strongest sections) to continue to maturity |
Dr Lofthouse
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Proposed translations
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Wendy Streitparth
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enabling an extension of the ripening process
http://winegrapes.tamu.edu/grow/ripening.pdf
One recent trend ...in California is to extend the "hang-time" (i.e. delay harvest) of fruit with the expectation of increased or better flavour development.
One recent trend ...in California is to extend the "hang-time" (i.e. delay harvest) of fruit with the expectation of increased or better flavour development.
Note from asker:
| many thanks Wendy! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks again! ..."extending the hang time" was very helpful!"
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Dr Lofthouse
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allowed (the strongest sections) to continue to maturity
'prolonguement' can also mean 'continuation' as well as 'extension' - my take is that the 'intraplot zones' thanks to sattelite mapping, have proved/shown their importance, and have allowed the strongest parts to continue to mature' (rather than being wiped out by the hailstorms
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Note added at 18 mins (2012-03-23 18:03:34 GMT)
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..and have done so for the second year in a row...
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Note added at 18 mins (2012-03-23 18:03:34 GMT)
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..and have done so for the second year in a row...
Note from asker:
| many thanks Dr Lofthouse! I'm afraid that my initial info wasn't as helpful as it might have been |
Discussion
Once again, many thanks to both of you for your help!
Intra-plot zoning is a technique using satellite imagery to determine the vegetative growth rate in different plots or parts of plots - hence "les parties les plus vigoreuses". The technology had proved its worth for the second year running , "accordant le prolongement..."
And I mentioned that the area was hit by hailstorms - this was true, but what I SHOULD have explained is that this particular vineyard was not badly affected. I'm sorry about this!