Jun 19, 2023 17:43
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French term
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Native in: English
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migration rampante
French to English
Science
Zoology
Migration in birds
En migration rampante et au posé, posture redressée.
This is the type of migration where birds flit from bush to bush as they make their journeys. I have found the translation of "bush-hopping" but without sufficient references to seem reliable. Does anyone know the correct term please?
Maggie
This is the type of migration where birds flit from bush to bush as they make their journeys. I have found the translation of "bush-hopping" but without sufficient references to seem reliable. Does anyone know the correct term please?
Maggie
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | hop migration |
Mpoma
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| 3 | hop, skip and jump migration |
SafeTex
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Proposed translations
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Selected
hop migration
"Birds that ‘hop’ are the ones that assume the most leisurely pace, making many brief stops on their migration route. Those that ‘skip’ make fewer stops, maybe three or four. And birds that ‘jump’ are fast-paced migrants, resting at only one or two places along the way."
Absolutely no expertise in this area, but here http://www.cen-corse.org/travaux/122.pdf we see "... (oiseaux en migration rampante, de proche en proche, ...". Seems to correspond.
Absolutely no expertise in this area, but here http://www.cen-corse.org/travaux/122.pdf we see "... (oiseaux en migration rampante, de proche en proche, ...". Seems to correspond.
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Comment: "Thank you very much for this prompt assistance. Turned out to be the accepted translation. Maggie"
2 hrs
hop, skip and jump migration
Covers all the short distance migrations
Reference:
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your help. In the end "hop migration" was the one that fitted best |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Mpoma
: No expert, but it may be that "migration rampante" is just *one* of these 3 categories: https://www.scienceofbirds.com/blog/bird-migration
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Discussion
Better chances of getting hold of a walking dictionary of ornithology than on Proz...
SafeTex may be right, though hop, skip and jump are three different things:
http://www.usu.edu/today/story/hop-skip-jump-great-salt-lake...