Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
(cavités dites) "de transit"
English translation:
stopover roosts
Added to glossary by
Julie Barber
Apr 16, 2007 09:29
17 yrs ago
French term
France
(cavités dites) "de transit"
French to English
Science
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Chiroptera (bats)
I've got this term twice in an article summary about bats in a larger article I'm translating.
I'm presuming that "transit" is "migration" in the first case below, but I'm stumped on how to translate it in the second instance ("temporary"?).
Le cycle biologique des chauves-souris.
Il connaît 3 grandes périodes : la reproduction, l’hibernation et le *transit*. A chacune de ces 3 périodes correspondent des besoins et des territoires différents (ces derniers sont en général disjoints).
and a bit later in a section about bat activity in the fall:
Certaines espèces profitent également de la saison pré-hivernale pour s’accoupler, soit au niveau des terrains de chasse, soit dans des cavités dites **« de transit »**.
Many thanks in advance to all bat connoisseurs!
Jocelyne
I'm presuming that "transit" is "migration" in the first case below, but I'm stumped on how to translate it in the second instance ("temporary"?).
Le cycle biologique des chauves-souris.
Il connaît 3 grandes périodes : la reproduction, l’hibernation et le *transit*. A chacune de ces 3 périodes correspondent des besoins et des territoires différents (ces derniers sont en général disjoints).
and a bit later in a section about bat activity in the fall:
Certaines espèces profitent également de la saison pré-hivernale pour s’accoupler, soit au niveau des terrains de chasse, soit dans des cavités dites **« de transit »**.
Many thanks in advance to all bat connoisseurs!
Jocelyne
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | (known as/called) transit / stop-over caves |
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(known as/called) transit / stop-over caves
Gray bats hibernate during the winter in special caves. Fall migration to the wintering caves begins around the first of September and is completed by early November. The one-way distance between the winter and summer caves may vary from as little as 16 kilometers to well over 322 kilometers. Transit or stop-over caves are used along the way.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/informat...
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or cavity rather than caves, as it could be a variety of places I suppose!
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soit dans des cavités dites **« de transit »**.
"...or in 'transit' cavities"
"....or in 'stop-over' cavities"
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/informat...
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or cavity rather than caves, as it could be a variety of places I suppose!
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soit dans des cavités dites **« de transit »**.
"...or in 'transit' cavities"
"....or in 'stop-over' cavities"
Peer comment(s):
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Cetacea
: with "stop-over roosts". The technical term (which covers all types of sites) is "roost". See also: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oas/oas_htm_files/v80/p13...
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Thanks. I've posted a link above...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Great, thank you both and Mara, too!"
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NFG
Julie has done the legwork so this is not for grading. I'm just a little suspicious of that German site, and feeling that they and the French may use their words for "cave/cavity" for want of a "better" word, like "roost":
Previous surveys for bats should provide knowledge of the seasonal occupancy and type of roost (maternity colony, MIGRATORY STOPOVER, hibernaculum, breeding site, etc.) in order to plan the method and time of exclusion.
http://www.blm.gov/aml/pdfs/EvictingBatsWhenGatesWontWork.pd...
From winter through late spring, these clusters of bat-pollinated plants bloom ... migrants, which keeps them at a particular STOPOVER ROOST until the ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1526-4629.2001....
STOPOVER ROOST of this species was discovered in a deep shaft in the ... bat population that uses this mine during both summer and winter has increased from ...
www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/proceed/bat2000/session3.pdf
The ground searching effort has given us excellent behavior information while migrating and interesting STOPOVER ROOST data. Ibat #4's stop under someone's ...
www.batmanagement.com/Projects/kings/5.5/5.5.html
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roost — Bats, owls, and other flying creatures take rest in roosts. Owls roost by perching upright in tree CAVITIES and on branches. Bats hang from trees, CAVE WALLS, tree bark, ATTICs, and other safe HOLLOWS when roosting
http://www.nps.gov/archive/grsa/resources/curriculum/glossar...
Previous surveys for bats should provide knowledge of the seasonal occupancy and type of roost (maternity colony, MIGRATORY STOPOVER, hibernaculum, breeding site, etc.) in order to plan the method and time of exclusion.
http://www.blm.gov/aml/pdfs/EvictingBatsWhenGatesWontWork.pd...
From winter through late spring, these clusters of bat-pollinated plants bloom ... migrants, which keeps them at a particular STOPOVER ROOST until the ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1526-4629.2001....
STOPOVER ROOST of this species was discovered in a deep shaft in the ... bat population that uses this mine during both summer and winter has increased from ...
www.ott.wrcc.osmre.gov/library/proceed/bat2000/session3.pdf
The ground searching effort has given us excellent behavior information while migrating and interesting STOPOVER ROOST data. Ibat #4's stop under someone's ...
www.batmanagement.com/Projects/kings/5.5/5.5.html
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roost — Bats, owls, and other flying creatures take rest in roosts. Owls roost by perching upright in tree CAVITIES and on branches. Bats hang from trees, CAVE WALLS, tree bark, ATTICs, and other safe HOLLOWS when roosting
http://www.nps.gov/archive/grsa/resources/curriculum/glossar...
Peer comment(s):
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Cetacea
: Even though you don't want to be graded, you're absolutely right. :-)
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