Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
GAEC (in agriculture)
English translation:
farming association
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David BUICK
Dec 17, 2008 09:37
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GAEC (in agriculture)
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Wikipédia confirms this is a "Groupement Agricole d'Exploitation en Commun". My first thought was to translate this as "cooperative" but the same article goes on to say:
"Dans l'esprit des fondateurs, il s'agissait d'un outil de coopération entre plusieurs agriculteurs, une sorte de mini-coopérative (bien qu'un GAEC ne soit pas une coopérative)."
reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAEC
It probably doesn't matter for the marketing-based text I have in hand, but does anyone know a more accurate and widely-accepted translation? Thanks!
"Dans l'esprit des fondateurs, il s'agissait d'un outil de coopération entre plusieurs agriculteurs, une sorte de mini-coopérative (bien qu'un GAEC ne soit pas une coopérative)."
reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAEC
It probably doesn't matter for the marketing-based text I have in hand, but does anyone know a more accurate and widely-accepted translation? Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | producers association |
eggsacion (X)
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| 4 +3 | Groupement Agricole d´Exploitation en Commun (GAEC) voir ci-bas |
Ellen Kraus
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| 4 | the cooperative farming group |
Ahmed Alami
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References
| The French experience with group farming |
Miranda Joubioux (X)
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Proposed translations
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producers association
This is just a suggestion, as I don't know of any accepted term of this very French form of business. In the sentence, I'd put "GAEC producers association" or "GAEC association of producers". It's a form of company often used to manage family-run farms where the (adult) children form a GAEC with the parents, for example, nothing like a cooperative. It means that the farmer and his/her 'associates' are employees of the GAEC, not self-employed farmers.
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I agree with the other respondents that you shouldn't translate GAEC, it needs to be left in the text as it is. However, since this is apparently a marketing text some brief explanation is needed that gives the non-French reader some idea of what it is without interrupting the flow of the text.
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I agree with the other respondents that you shouldn't translate GAEC, it needs to be left in the text as it is. However, since this is apparently a marketing text some brief explanation is needed that gives the non-French reader some idea of what it is without interrupting the flow of the text.
Note from asker:
| Aggh. I mean GAEC. I blame my encoldened state :( |
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "as eggsacion picked up, I needed something a bit less indigestible than GEAC in the text. In the end I've gone with "farming association" which seems to be in use fairly widely (my text is about stock rearing, so 'producer' wasn't really appropriate).
I agree that in terms of technicality it should otherwise be left as it is (although, confusingly, GEAC in Euro English seems to be something else agricultural altogether), so I have put it in from time to time. Thanks for all your contributions, and hoping future searchers read all the answers! "
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Ahmed Alami
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the cooperative farming group
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http://www.notaires.fr/notaires/notaires.nsf/V_TC_PUB/AGRICU...
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http://www.notaires.fr/notaires/notaires.nsf/V_TC_PUB/AGRICU...
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Ellen Kraus
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Native in: German
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Related KudoZ points
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Groupement Agricole d´Exploitation en Commun (GAEC) voir ci-bas
Le Groupement Agricole d'Exploitation en Commun (GAEC) est une société civile ... Les GAEC ont pour objet la mise en valeur en commun des exploitations des ...
agriculture.gouv.fr/sections/thematiques/exploitations.../les-groupements-agricoles-d-exploitation-en-commun-ga... - 26k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
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I would leave it untranslated (and explain in brackets what this society stands for)
agriculture.gouv.fr/sections/thematiques/exploitations.../les-groupements-agricoles-d-exploitation-en-commun-ga... - 26k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
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I would leave it untranslated (and explain in brackets what this society stands for)
Peer comment(s):
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Miranda Joubioux (X)
: leave untranslated
6 mins
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merci !
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| agree |
Charlie Bavington
: I used the following in a footnote, some time ago "partnership of farmers, intended to approximately replicate how a ‘family farm’ operates" - whether that would be appropriate here, who knows.
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| agree |
Gabrielle Leyden
: I leave "GAEC" in the text and explain, e.g., "farming partnership", "collective farming undertaking" or something to that effect..
5 hrs
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Reference comments
18 mins
Reference:
The French experience with group farming
http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/13854/1/p75-22.pdf
This is an excellent article on the GAEC
Personally I wouldn't translate it.
This is an excellent article on the GAEC
Personally I wouldn't translate it.
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