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Reduction

French translation: production

14:03 Jan 22, 2012
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Food & Drink / Thé
English term or phrase: Reduction
Bonjour à tous,

je traduis un document sur l'histoire du thé mais je n'arrive pas à comprendre ce que vient faire le terme "reduction" dans la phrase suivante. Toute aide sera précieuse ! Merci d'avance !

"The supply of high quality teas could not keep up with the growing demand of 18th and 19th century tea drinkers as afternoon tea became popular amongst the wealthy. As a result the reduction of low quality tea was dramatically increased."
Isabelle Meschi
France
Local time: 02:30
French translation:production
Explanation:
Effectivement, le mot "réduction" n'a pas sa place dans la logique de cette phrase.
Il semblerait qu'il y ait une faute de frappe et qu'il s'agisse probablement de "production".
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Patrick Chalfine
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup pour votre aide ! Malheureusement, il n'y a plus beaucoup de textes écrits sans erreurs de nos jours !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5production
Patrick Chalfine
5la baisse
Irène Guinez
4infusion
Letredenoblesse


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
reduction
production


Explanation:
Effectivement, le mot "réduction" n'a pas sa place dans la logique de cette phrase.
Il semblerait qu'il y ait une faute de frappe et qu'il s'agisse probablement de "production".

Patrick Chalfine
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup pour votre aide ! Malheureusement, il n'y a plus beaucoup de textes écrits sans erreurs de nos jours !
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci beaucoup : je pense que le terme production serait parfait dans ce contexte !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Antoine Heudre
23 mins
agree  NancyLynn
40 mins
agree  cmwilliams (X)
1 hr
agree  Simon Mac: Yes, I think it must be a typo for "production" in the English. I've looked at the source text on the web and it really doesn't make sense any other way.
4 hrs
agree  Odile Raymond
1 day 3 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reduction
infusion


Explanation:
reduction is actually a cooking term ( akin to infusion in this case).
The example sentence is in keeping with a decrease in supply of high quality teas.

réduire:
http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french/réduire

Example sentence(s):
  • Les infusions de thé de qualité inférieure augmentèrent donc considérablement.

    Reference: http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french/r%C3%A9duire
Letredenoblesse
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
reduction
la baisse


Explanation:
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Irène Guinez
Spain
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of: French
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