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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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 ennemies 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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14
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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 European’s suspicion of biotechnology

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une association de consommateurs

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a consumer group

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la crainte des consommateurs

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consumer(s’) 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(s)

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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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la maïs/coton/riz transgénique

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GM maize/cotton/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