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Feb 7, 2014 07:38
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German term
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English, English to German, English, and 1 more.
Terroir
German to English
Marketing
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
Attempt to describe uniqueness of certain wines
It is about an initiative named "terroir f" (small case) standing for Terroir Franken
This term is being used in an attempt to attract tourists or wine-lovers to parts of Franconia. Famous wine varietes and wine-growing communities are asked to establish special (magisch) viewpoints. See the blurb here:
http://www.franken-weinland.de/erlebnis/terroir-f/
I want to be able to explain this in English when I take groups of tourists to our local viewpoint, and for this I need a term for terroir or at least the reassurance that I can use the original French.
In this PPT quite near the beginning there is an attempt to define and translate "terroir" but to be honest I don't really understand it.
http://www.lwg.bayern.de/weinbau/weinbau_franken/18059/linku...
Could any winegrowing expert among KudoZ colleagues tell me what terminology to use with tourists who may OR may not have knowledge of oenology?
This term is being used in an attempt to attract tourists or wine-lovers to parts of Franconia. Famous wine varietes and wine-growing communities are asked to establish special (magisch) viewpoints. See the blurb here:
http://www.franken-weinland.de/erlebnis/terroir-f/
I want to be able to explain this in English when I take groups of tourists to our local viewpoint, and for this I need a term for terroir or at least the reassurance that I can use the original French.
In this PPT quite near the beginning there is an attempt to define and translate "terroir" but to be honest I don't really understand it.
http://www.lwg.bayern.de/weinbau/weinbau_franken/18059/linku...
Could any winegrowing expert among KudoZ colleagues tell me what terminology to use with tourists who may OR may not have knowledge of oenology?
Proposed translations
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Feb 12, 2014 06:26: British Diana Created KOG entry
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terroir
http://tinyurl.com/puu9635
Leave the word as it is (it's French, anyway) ake your pick, there are quite a few definitions here
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Note added at 3 days1 hr (2014-02-10 09:03:18 GMT)
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Perhaps even something like a "unique regional signature" or "essential regional signature"
Leave the word as it is (it's French, anyway) ake your pick, there are quite a few definitions here
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Note added at 3 days1 hr (2014-02-10 09:03:18 GMT)
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Perhaps even something like a "unique regional signature" or "essential regional signature"
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Aisha Prigan (X)
: No exact translation exists in English and wine writers commonly use the French term.
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THX
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Lonnie Legg
: terroir (ODictAE): "The complete natural environment in which a particular wine is produced..."
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...and more
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Berit Kostka, PhD
: as above
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THX, Berit
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Michele Fauble
3 days 51 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, everyone, for shedding some light on this complex topic. I now know what to say when explaining the term and will use an English-sounding approximation to the correct French pronunciation (as in "resterrannt"."
Discussion
Regarding how much detail I want to have, the answer is that I am not so much translating as interpreting, i.e. I intend to tell my tourists as much as they are interested in, so there is no restriction at all.
Terroir defines the character of a region's wine by being the region itself. It's a mystery. How much detail do you want to offer?
http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20073176495.html;jsession...