Biotechnology Flashcards

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les OGM

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GMOs

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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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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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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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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 chaine 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 de soja transgénique

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the marketing of GM soya beans

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le maïs transgénique, coton , riz

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GM maize / coton / 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 les cultures

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to pull up crops

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la pollinisation croisée

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cross-pollination