Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 22, 2013 15:14
10 yrs ago
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French term
valoriser
French to English
Other
Environment & Ecology
Recycling
What is the best term to use for valoriser?
The sentence it appears in is as follows:
'• 100 % des déchets triés puis recyclés ou valorisés
A glossary I have indicated 'managed/recovered/processed'
I'd like some peer review on which is the best term.
Many thanks
Louise
The sentence it appears in is as follows:
'• 100 % des déchets triés puis recyclés ou valorisés
A glossary I have indicated 'managed/recovered/processed'
I'd like some peer review on which is the best term.
Many thanks
Louise
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | upcycle |
Laurence Bisot
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| 3 +2 | use for other purposes / re-use |
Claire Cox
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| 4 +1 | recoverd |
Verginia Ophof
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| 4 | exploited |
polyglot45
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References
| it just means used |
EvaVer (X)
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| http://www.proz.com/search/ |
kashew
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Proposed translations
+5
11 mins
Laurence Bisot
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in French
Works in field
United Kingdom
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
upcycle
'sort' is one step, but 'upcycling' means you give a new 'value' to the waste
see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upcycling
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-10-22 16:41:46 GMT)
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'Valoriser' seems to be mostly for organic or household waste which can't be recycled, but can be incinerated for energy >> value
http://www2.ademe.fr/servlet/KBaseShow?sort=-1&cid=96&m=3&ca...
see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upcycling
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-10-22 16:41:46 GMT)
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'Valoriser' seems to be mostly for organic or household waste which can't be recycled, but can be incinerated for energy >> value
http://www2.ademe.fr/servlet/KBaseShow?sort=-1&cid=96&m=3&ca...
Note from asker:
| Great suggestion, many thanks Laurence! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Daryo
: looks like, behaves like, must be it ...
7 mins
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| agree |
MatthewLaSon
32 mins
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| agree |
Colin Morley (X)
: upcycle seems to be the fashionable word (I think it sounds dreadful, though)
46 mins
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| neutral |
nweatherdon
: Are people really using this word these days? Personally, I don't like it.
2 hrs
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| agree |
chris collister
: Sounds like it! But hey! This is the age of the neologism, and language has never evolved so fast...
6 hrs
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| agree |
Yolanda Broad
23 hrs
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| neutral |
Yvonne Gallagher
: upcycle implies giving MORE value to waste. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/upcycle
3 days 18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks again for your input Laurence!"
7 mins
polyglot45
Native in French
&
English
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
exploited
recycled or reused/exploited
Note from asker:
| Many thanks for your input polyglot45! |
+2
9 mins
Claire Cox
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
French & German Technical Translations
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
38
use for other purposes / re-use
One of those horrible words which always seems to have a different meaning! Used for other purposes or re-used might work in your particular case, although recovered might work in a different context
Note from asker:
| Many thanks for your input Claire! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
kashew
57 mins
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: had this in a doc fairly recently and this is what I used. //"Repurpose" is another buzz word that can be used in some places.
3 days 19 hrs
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+1
20 mins
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Belize
Native in English
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
recoverd
waste sorted and then recycled or recovered
Note from asker:
| Great suggestion, many thanks Verginia! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
nweatherdon
: recovered for some comparatively direct second use. There's a typo. RecoverEd.
2 hrs
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oops and Thank you njweatherdon !!
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Reference comments
5 mins
Reference:
it just means used
for a purpose, which may mean burned for heat - none of your words covers this eventuality. "put to a good use" is the best that comes to my mind, but this doesn't sound very professional...
Note from asker:
| Many thanks for your input EvaVer! |
| Many thanks EvaVer! |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
Daryo
: some value extracted out of it ...
11 mins
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| agree |
nweatherdon
: This is the correct idea, imo
2 hrs
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43 mins
Reference:
http://www.proz.com/search/
valoriser has been up before.
Note from asker:
| Thanks Kashew, I was just looking for some peer agreement on this occasion and to see what other suggestions people had for this term... |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
nweatherdon
: The word can mean sooo many different things
1 hr
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