70. Biotechnology Flashcards

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Les OGM

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GMOs

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Biotechnology

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La biotechnologie

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L’industrie biotechnologique

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The biotechnology business

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Une entreprise biotechnologique

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A biotechnology firm

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L’industrie pharmaceutique

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The pharmaceutical industry

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Un médicament biotechnologique

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A biotech drug

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La biotechnologie agricole

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Agricultural biotechnology

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L’industrie agroalimentaire

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Agribusiness

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L’agronomie

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Agronomy

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Un agronome, un ingénieur agronome

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An agronomist / an agricultural scientist

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Un produit transgénique

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A biotech product

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Les partisans de la biotechnologie

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Biotechnology’s advocates

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Les ennemis de la biotechnologie

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Biotechnology’s opponents

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Interdire les produits transgéniques

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To ban biotech products

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Se méfier de

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To be suspicious of

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La méfiance des Européens vis-à-vis de la biotechnologie

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The Europeans’ suspicion of biotechnology

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Une association de consommateurs

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A consumer group

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Les craintes des consommateurs

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Consumer fears / consumers’ fears

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Apaiser les craintes des consommateurs

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To assuage consumer fears

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La résistance des consommateurs

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Consumer resistance

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L’alimentation transgénique

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GM food / GM foods

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L’étiquetage de l’alimentation transgénique

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The labelling of GM food

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La traçabilité

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Traceability

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Un test de dangerosité

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A risk assessment test

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Entrer dans la chaîne alimentaire

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To enter the food chain

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Les cultures transgéniques

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GM crops

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La commercialisation du soja transgénique

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The marketing of GM soya beans

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Le maïs, le coton, le riz transgénique

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GM maize / GM cotton / hmm rice

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Les cultures traditionnelles

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Conventional crops

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Planter

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To plant

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Une graine

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A seed

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Résister à la sécheresse, aux insectes

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To be resistant to drought / to insects

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Augmenter les rendements

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To increase yields

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Un outil pour combattre la faim

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A tool to combat hunger

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Arracher des cultures

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To pull up crops

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La pollinisation croisée

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Cross-pollination

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L’alimentation transgénique va rester un sujet très controversé pendant des années

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GM food will remain a highly controversial issue for years to come

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Les besoins alimentaires mondiaux étant susceptibles d’augmenter de 50% dans les 25 ans à venir, s’engager sur la vie des OGM pourrait devenir une nécessité

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With world food requirements likely to increase by 50% within 25 years, following the GM route might become a necessity

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Certains disent que les cultures transgéniques risquent fort de bénéficier plus aux grandes entreprises qu’aux pauvres

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Some say that GM crops are more likely to benefit big companies than poor people

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Qui sait ce que pourrait être les conséquences de l’alimentation transgénique sur la santé?

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Who knows what the health effects of GM foods might be?

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Les gens ne veulent pas que les gouvernements fassent passer les intérêts de l’industrie biotechnologique avant ceux des consommateurs et de l’environnement

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People don’t governments to put the interests of the biotech industry ahead of consumers and the environment

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Protéger les cultures bio contre le pollinisation croisée risque de s’avérer impossible

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Protecting organic crops from cross-pollination is highly unlikely