Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
less than c. 10%
French translation:
moins de 10% env.
English term
New Caledonia
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less than c. 10%
Document dealing with reef restauration, this particular part deals with fragment used as transplants.
It is the "c." that puzzles me.
Thanks for your help.
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Stéphanie Soudais
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Jul 7, 2007 09:14: Stéphanie Soudais Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
moins de 10% env.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-07-05 16:00:56 GMT)
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Les abréviations de "circa" sont nombreuses :
cir·ca
about: (used esp. in) approximate dates : The Venerable Bede was born circa 673. Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/circa
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Krystrad
10 mins
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BusterK
12 mins
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Manon J. Caron
55 mins
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mdcdc
: also abbreviated ca
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Catherine GUILLIAUMET
: Vraie fana de "circa", toutefois j'ai plus qu'un léger doute, et je pense que cet auteur peu flamboyant peut vouloir nous dire "moins de 10 % de la colonie", ce qui relève de la +pure logique microbiologique.
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Vepalm
: I will use "moins de ca. 10%". The abbrevature ca = c. is accepted in many languages as a Latin abbreviation of "Circa" .
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José Ignacio Coelho Mendes Neto (X)
3 hrs
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Anne-Sophie Jubien (X)
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