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acque piazzali

Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

acque meteoriche

English translation:

rainwater

Added to glossary by Thomas Ochiltree
Mar 2, 2006 15:45
18 yrs ago
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Italian term

acque meteoriche

Italian to English Tech/Engineering Environment & Ecology
In an audit of a company the complaint is made that in regard to the environmental issue of "acque metoriche e piazzale" there is insufficient monitoring.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 rainwater
Change log

Mar 2, 2006 17:08: Angela Arnone changed "Term asked" from "acque metroiche" to "acque meteoriche"

Discussion

Thomas Ochiltree (asker) Mar 2, 2006:
I'm still not completely sure which of the various helpful amsperes relating to acqua piazzale to use. I trust the answerer that "storm waters" means what the answerer says, but I'm not sure the non-technical reader -- note my point about readership in my previous note -- will understand the difference between "meteoric (rain) water" and "storm water". Won't that reader say to himself, "what is storm water other than rain water?" What about using "storm runoff?" But does it just have to do with storms? I'm tempted by "paved area runoff" but does the area have to be paved? Another answerer described it as water that can't drain. Incidentally, in case anyone wonders why given my ignorance of the subject I am translating the text at all, I would simply say in my defense that this is one term in just one of a series of audits that look at the business and management practices of a series of companies, from winemaking to the outfit in question, which is a manufacturing company and appears to have pollution problems.
Angela Arnone Mar 2, 2006:
Thomas: good solution. Check out "storm waters" too.
Thomas Ochiltree (asker) Mar 2, 2006:
I think I'll play it safe and use both terms: "meteoric water" because according to my Merriam Webster's it is an english term of art, and "rain water" because this is just one of a series of audits of companies in different fields (and not just environmental audits), so the reader is likely to be as unfamilar with "meteoric water" (legitimate though it is) as I was to the point of not even realizing that the Italian "metoriche" could be a typo for "meteoriche". Thanks to all for the good help!
Angela Arnone Mar 2, 2006:
AFA the proz glossary is concerned, you will find entries for it as rain water, too.
Angela Arnone Mar 2, 2006:
Patricia: I don't generally translate into Italian because I'm English, but in any case, I have never encountered the expression "meteoric water" in English and I wouldn't know what it was unless I looked it up, as Thomas did, in the dictionary.
Thomas Ochiltree (asker) Mar 2, 2006:
Thanks, explanation First, you are right, it is clear crom your answers that the "motoriche" in the original was a type. If I didn't think of this iit was because I'd never come across the term "meteoric water"; however seeing the answer I went to my Merriam-Webster unabridged, which did indeed give the term as water precipitated from the atmosphe" and which provided the example "meteoric water which falls as rain or snow".
Patricia Crotty Mar 2, 2006:
Hi Angela, I'm not sure on this myself, but if this is rain, how do you translate "meteoric water" (which isn't exactly rain) into Italian?
Angela Arnone Mar 2, 2006:
Yes it is recorded as "meteoric water" but most people call it rain....
Patricia Crotty Mar 2, 2006:
Hi Thomas, It's already in the glossary as meteoric water

Proposed translations

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Italian term (edited): acque metroiche
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rainwater

Looks like a typo for "acque meteoriche"

Connet - linking European construction... e smaltimento delle acque meteoriche - Istruzioni per la ... elementi discontinuiRoof coverings - Rain water drainage systems ... Brackets for rainwater piping systems ...
www.connet.org/searchAll. jsp?query=Rain&search=Search - 58k -



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[PDF] L’antico, il nuovo e il profilo del cieloFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
tiles in order to increase the run-off of rain-. water on roofs with large surfaces. Roman roof tiles ... una perfetta tenuta all’acqua meteorica. ...
yoda.ing.unibs.it/Materiale_Didattico/ Tecnologia_degli_elementi_costruttivi/Materiali/coperture.pdf

Welcome to www.mufle.com - [ Translate this page ]... M type m type m acque meteoriche Regenwasser rain water eaux pluviales pioggia precipitación Regen rain pluie precipitazione precipitación Wasserfall ...
www.mufle.com/


Caratteristiche chimico-fisiche delle acque meteoriche della città ...Titolo, Caratteristiche chimico-fisiche delle acque meteoriche della città di ... Abstract, in the work the major chemical-physical parameters of the rain ...
virmap.unipi.it/cgi-bin/virmap/ vmibo?doc_pubbl:9470220;main;art

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1088715?



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Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-02 17:17:40 GMT)
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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/135611

[PDF] School of Doctoral Studies in Environmental EngineeringFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Il drenaggio delle acque meteoriche. Urban rain water drainage. P. Bertola, R. Rigon. 15. L’affidabilità delle reti di distribuzione idrica; ...
www.ing.unitn.it/dica/tools/ documents/Temi%20di%20ricerca_21.pdf


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Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-02 17:20:03 GMT)
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Thomas, I think you can also find this referred to as "stormwaters" and "storm waters".


Geva Edizioni - [ Translate this page ]... Le acque meteoriche di dilavamento, indicate come “storm water runoff”, vengono gestite e autorizzate per una serie di attività individuate e puntualmente ...
www.gevaedizioni.it/pubblicazioni/ consulting/archivio/Speciale.asp?Id=1



[PDF] WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT IN GREECE: EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS FOR ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
... La problematica delle acque meteoriche nella depurazione degli ... per il trattamento delle acque di rifiuto. ... effluent concentrations during storm water events. ...
civserv.ing.unibs.it/civile/gruppi_ricerca/ ingegneria_san_amb/convegni/06-05-05/download/13_Bertanza.pdf

WorldBidUnitedArabEmirates Trade Leads b2b b2g International ...... construction of perimeter and internal fencing, storm water drain line ... recinzione perimetrale ed interna, linea drenaggi acque meteoriche, costruzione tettoia ...
en.worldbidunitedarabemirates.com/tradeleads/ details.htm?session=&searchwords=&latest=&countr...

[DOC] Oo òòòFile Format: Microsoft Word 97 - View as HTML
La tesi esamina i problemi causati dal deflusso delle acque meteoriche in ... e del convogliamento mediante il modello SWMM (Storm Water Management Model) ...
www.regione.piemonte.it/montagna/ idraulica/studi/dwd/spada.doc
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agree Peter Cox
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agree Gian
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