مدرج على شكل الحواجب

English translation: eyebrow terrace

22:46 Dec 29, 2009

Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture

Arabic term or phrase: مدرج على شكل الحواجب

This is in a text about farming مدرج على شكل الحواجب - some kind of ridge - for best farming methods.

What is the precise correct term in English please?

kradwani KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 02:15

English translation:eyebrow terrace

Explanation:
The English expression used is a literal translation!

Examples - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4SKPB_enGB359GB35...

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Ruth Braine
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:15

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Thank you very much.
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Summary of answers provided

5 +4

eyebrow terrace

Ruth Braine

andenes

Tarik Boussetta

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

eyebrow terrace

Explanation:
The English expression used is a literal translation!

Examples - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4SKPB_enGB359GB35...

Example sentence(s):

An eyebrow terrace is a planting well open at the back (the upside of the slope) and flaring out on either side. Its shape catches runoff, allowing more rainfall to soak into the soil and the plants\' root zones. (http://freshdirt.sunset.com/2008/01/ind)

Ruth Braine
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you very much.

19 mins confidence:

andenes

Explanation:
andenes (too)
though the word is originally Spanish

very famous in Peru- creation of the Incas

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Note added at 23 mins (2009-12-29 23:09:55 GMT)
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http://macareo.pucp.edu.pe/~jearls/documentosPDF/theCharacte...

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Note added at 33 mins (2009-12-29 23:19:11 GMT)
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Suggestion 2

BENCH TERRACE (BENCH TERRACING)

http://www.google.co.ma/search?hl=ar&rlz=1W1RNTN_fr&q=bench ...

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-30 00:07:09 GMT)
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To Lina

http://images.google.co.ma/images?hl=ar&rlz=1W1RNTN_fr&um=1&...

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-30 00:08:08 GMT)
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To Lina again:
Compare plz
http://images.google.co.ma/images?hl=ar&rlz=1W1RNTN_fr&um=1&...

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anden

Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 23:15
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

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