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Record 1 2016-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cropping Systems
DEF

... land that is normally used to produce crops but remains unseeded for one or more growing seasons.

OBS

... it may or may not be plowed.

OBS

This is usually done to let the soil replenish its nutrients for a year.

OBS

fallow: term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

OBS

fallow: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the National Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes de culture
DEF

[Terre] qu'on laisse reposer temporairement en ne lui faisant pas porter de récolte afin qu'elle produise ensuite abondamment.

CONT

Labourer des jachères.

OBS

jachère : terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

OBS

jachère : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre du Rapport d'inventaire national.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de cultivo
DEF

Tierra de labranza que no se siembra durante uno o más años.

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Record 2 2014-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

Summerfallow is a farming practice typically used in the Prairie region to conserve soil moisture by leaving the soil unseeded for an entire growing season in a crop rotation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

La jachère est une méthode agricole couramment utilisée dans la région des Prairies pour conserver l’humidité du sol en le laissant non ensemencé pendant toute une saison de croissance dans le cadre de la rotation des cultures.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
  • Sports (General)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

The loss of a match.

OBS

All of these verbs not only are more or less of the same meaning in the world of tennis, they are all transitive verbs. For intransitive verbs, see "win". In Spanish, the generic verb "superar" can often mean "to beat", "to defeat", as well as "to surpass", "to go beyond", "to get through" and "to overcome" (el tenista superó (batió) el récord mundial). Nonetheless it is always used transitively. The Spanish verb "ganar" , unlike its intransitive equivalent in English (i.e. win) can become an indirect transitive verb and in so doing takes on the additional meaning of defeating or beating. To rout is to defeat decisively.

CONT

Billie Jean King subdues Bobby Riggs in their ballyhooed $100,000 Battle of the Sexes at Houston’s Astrodome.

CONT

Voinea [of Romania] faces six-seeded American Michael Chang, who ousted 12th-seeded German Michael Stich ....

CONT

... Becker was in impressive form as he overpowered Jared Palmer, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 ... sixth-seeded Chang dropped a set before subduing Daniel Vacek ... Larsson, the 10th seed, overcame Hendrik Dreekmann ... No. 14 seed Todd Martin advanced over Slava Dosedel ... Arantxa Sanchez Vicario routed Sarah Pitkowski, 6-3, 6-0.

CONT

Patricia Hy-Boulais of Montréal won her opening match, disposing of Katarina Studenikova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-0.

CONT

Third-seeded Garrison-Jackson, the 1990 champion, qualified for the championship by downing unseeded Belgian Els Callens 6-2, 6-1.

CONT

Sampras, the No. 2 seed, was ousted by Austrian clay-court specialist Gilbert Schaller, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-7 (7-4), 6-2, 6-4 - the fourth time this spring he has failed to get past his opening match.

PHR

To be beaten/defeated soundly.

PHR

To beat somebody fair and square.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Robichaud/McFarlane bat Boulet/Larose 6-3, 6-4.

CONT

[Elle] n'a pris que 41 minutes pour infliger une leçon sans appel à [son adversaire].

PHR

Subir un battre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
  • Vocabulario general
DEF

Vencer a los adversarios.

CONT

Conchita Martínez, tercera favorita, derrotó en las semifinales a la francesa Mary Pierce (2) por un doble 6-3 [tras 2h de juego. Helena Sukova] que ya sorprendió a Gabriela Sabatini en la primera ronda, superó fácilmente a Kruger, por 6-0 y 6-3 ... Conchita, por su parte, arrasó a Pierce, la jugadora que la privó de ganar el Open de Australia, con un doble 6-3.

CONT

[Thomas Muster] supera a [Michael] Chang y se convierte en el primer austriaco que gana un Grand Slam.

CONT

Venció a la búlgara Magdalena Maleeva por 6-4, 6-1 en una hora y cinco minutos y evidenció que se ha cargado las alforjas y ya está a punto.

CONT

[Thomas Muster] ganó a Chang en la final de Roland Garros por 7-5, 6-2, 6-4.

Key term(s)
  • batir
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Record 4 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Game or contest in which the favorite or higher-seeded player is defeated by a lower-ranked player.

CONT

Unseeded Nathalie Tauziat posted a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 upset over No. 6 Magdalena Maleeva.

PHR

Tumultuous upset.

PHR

On the brink of an upset. A slew of upsets.

PHR

To pull off an upset.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Défaite dans une compétition officielle devant un joueur de classement inférieur.

CONT

Pour atteindre un classement supérieur, il faut battre, toujours dans l'année, au moins trois joueurs classés à un meilleur handicap sans subir de défaites appelées contre-performances.

OBS

Par rapport au terme connexe : performance, c.-à-d. victoire dans une compétition officielle sur un joueur dont le classement est supérieur.

CONT

Après une série de contre-performances, Bjorn Borg a abandonné le circuit professionnel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
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Record 5 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Unseeded Nathalie Tauziat posted a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 upset over No. 6 Magdalena Maleeva.

PHR

To be unseeded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Marginalisé après son opération au poignet [...] Agassi a donc réussi un fulgurant retour. Il est devenu le troisième joueur non classé tête de série à être sacré champion aux Internationaux des É.-U. et le second, après Vic Seixas, il y a 40 ans, à éliminer cinq têtes de série pour décrocher le titre.

Key term(s)
  • non classé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
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Record 6 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A method of distributing players within a draw so that the best players do not meet in early rounds. The number of seeds is governed by the rules and in a draw of 32 places must not exceed 8. Numbering the positions 1 to 32, the seeds are placed according to their estimated ability (1-8) to meet in the third round thus: 1 vs 8, 6 vs 3, 4 vs 5, 7 vs 2.

CONT

... results from the $10-million US French Open tennis championships at Roland Garros stadium (seedings in parentheses). Boris Becker (3), Germany, def. Jared Palmer, U.S., 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 ....

OBS

Tennis players are given points based on their performances over the last twelve months(the process is called "ranking"). The ratings are issued three times a year and are used by organizing committees to determine the seeds for an ATP-sanctioned tournament and the players that are to be admitted to the draw if there are more entries than positions(the process is called "seeding"). The top seeds(8 in a draw of 32, 16 in a draw of 128) are positioned on the draw(or board), the first two(No. 1 seed, No. 2 seed) being located at opposite ends of the draw and others, placed in positions specified by tournament regulations. The other seeded players(24 in a draw of 32, 112 in a draw of 128) are usually subject to draw(their names are drawn blindly from a cup) and registered on the official draw sheet indicating who opposes whom. The process allows for unseeded players to fill the final entries and intends to have a match between the best two players in the final.

PHR

Seeding has slipped.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Façon de répartir les joueurs ou joueuses participant à un tournoi de tennis de façon à ce que, même si on procède par tirage au sort, les meilleur(e)s ne s'affrontent pas dès les premiers tours.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le classement (équivalent du terme anglais «ranking») qui signifie l'ordre dans lequel on place les joueurs ou joueuses d'élite à l'issue d'un tournoi accordant des points au classement (habituellement des points au classement ATP).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
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Record 7 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Judged by an organizing committee as occupying a position which enables him or her to fill one of the top entries in an upcoming tennis tournament.

CONT

The fourth-seeded Croatian became the tournament’s first major upset victim when he tumbled to a 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 loss to Mikael Tillstrom at Roland Garros stadium.

OBS

The seeded players are rated on the basis of performance and ability. They are listed in numbered order prior to the draw, and the seeds are positioned as specified by tournament regulations.

OBS

The related term "ranked" is more generic, i. e. one can be ranked in the top 50 in the world without being "seeded"(among the top 16) in a tournament. Other related terms : be seeded, ranking, unseeded, seeding.

PHR

Top-seeded player.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Jugé(e), par un comité organisateur, comme occupant une position au classement qui le ou la place au nombre des meilleurs joueurs à participer à un prochain tournoi.

CONT

Établies troisièmes têtes de série, mesdemoiselles Hingis et Jeon ont plié l'échine face aux Néerlandaises Kim de Weille et Yvette Basting.

OBS

Les têtes de série sont déterminées selon les performances au cours de la dernière période de douze mois. Leurs noms sont consignés, par ordre de priorité, sur une liste publiée avant le tirage au sort puis inscrits au tableau selon le règlement régissant le tournoi.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Smith, who hails from Adelaide, Australia, is the first unseeded player to win the championship since 1991 and, with his No. 65 ranking, the lowest ranked player to take the crown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[Safin] devient le premier joueur non tête de série à accéder à la finale de l'Open depuis Mansdorf et Gilbert en 1988.

CONT

Likhovtseva, la seule joueuse non tête de série présente en quarts de finale, a été totalement impuissante face à la force de frappe de son adversaire. La 48e mondiale n'a marqué que sept points dans le deuxième set.

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
OBS

Source : Agriculture Canada.

Key term(s)
  • parcours naturel forestier non cultivé

Spanish

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Record 10 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole
OBS

Source : Agriculture Canada.

Spanish

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Record 11 1995-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Related term: to be seeded.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Terme connexe : être tête de série.

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

Path left unseeded between blocks of rows of cereal crops as a passage for tractor wheels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
OBS

par exemple voie de passage dans un champ de céréales

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de plantation

Spanish

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Record 14 1989-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Luge, Bobsledding and Skeleton
OBS

Luge term(s).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Luge, bobsleigh et skeleton
OBS

concurrent(e) n'ayant pas fait l'objet d'un classement avant l'épreuve.

OBS

Terme(s) de luge.

Spanish

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Record 15 1989-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Luge, Bobsledding and Skeleton
OBS

Luge term(s).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Luge, bobsleigh et skeleton
OBS

n'ayant pas fait l'objet d'un classement

OBS

Terme(s) de luge.

Spanish

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Record 16 1984-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
Key term(s)
  • Joint Assistance Programme on Unseeded Land, Quebec

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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