Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
consolidamento della neve
English translation:
[snow] compaction
Added to glossary by
Tom in London
Apr 27, 2009 08:00
15 yrs ago
Italian term
Italy
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Native in: English 
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consolidamento della neve
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I'm not a skiier so maybe that is the problem.
I found "strengthening" for consolidamento in a subject related glossary. I was wondering whether this would be better termed as compacting or whether there is a still better way to say it.
A couple of the sentences where it comes up:
Le situazioni più critiche sono dovute al minor consolidamento della neve nelle ore pomeridiane
La neve fresca non è ancora consolidata con la neve sottostante a causa della presenza dello strato debole ci brina di superficie.
I found "strengthening" for consolidamento in a subject related glossary. I was wondering whether this would be better termed as compacting or whether there is a still better way to say it.
A couple of the sentences where it comes up:
Le situazioni più critiche sono dovute al minor consolidamento della neve nelle ore pomeridiane
La neve fresca non è ancora consolidata con la neve sottostante a causa della presenza dello strato debole ci brina di superficie.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | [snow] compaction |
Tom in London
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| 5 +4 | compaction |
Balestrieri (X)
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| 4 | solidification of the snow |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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| 3 +1 | snow consolidation |
Francesca Casanova
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| 3 | accumulation |
Paula Sepúlveda (X)
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| 3 | hardening of the snow |
Paul O'Brien
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Change log
Apr 29, 2009 09:35: Tom in London Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English
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[snow] compaction
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Tom! Several other answers might be right depending upon the circumstances, "
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Japan
Works in field
Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
solidification of the snow
As being a skiier myself, the snow should be hard or solidified enough to provide a good skiing condition. This solidification is same as il consolidamento della lava, solidification of lava.
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27 mins
compaction
I have translated a few meteorological texts, and the increased density of settled snow is technically called "compaction", so you might want to use this term and its variants (to compact, compacting...).
Peer comment(s):
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Gianco (X)
14 mins
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| agree |
Patrizia Costa
1 hr
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| agree |
De Novi
3 hrs
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| neutral |
Barbara Carrara
: Already suggested by Tom (see above). Ciao, Barbara
4 hrs
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| agree |
Boadicea (X)
5 hrs
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| neutral |
Paul O'Brien
: tom got in first on this one.
23 hrs
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+1
44 mins
Francesca Casanova
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Specializes in field
Italy
Traduzioni - Translations - Sanremo
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian
Related KudoZ points
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4
snow consolidation
Sounds quite good to me.
Reference:
www.outdoors.org/publications/outdoors/2000/2000-avalanche-abcs.cfm?RenderForPrint=1 - 17k -
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Kate Stevens
: wiki talks about consolidation of snow when describing avalanche conditions
1 day 9 hrs
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Thank you, Kate
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23 hrs
Paul O'Brien
Argentina
Argentina
Native in English
Argentina
Legal and environment specialist, PhD
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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51
hardening of the snow
admittedly doesn't get all that many Ghits, but i've always heard it referred to in this way.
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Note from asker:
| Thanks Paul. I think this too would be suitable in many situations. |
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