Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 08:38:34 GMT
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[log in to unmask] (STAN MULAIK) wrote:

> I need translations of cross-pollinate and cross-pollenization in
>French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Russian.

In Italian:

pollenization =impollinazione (feminine)
to pollinate = impollinare (first conjugation)

cross-pollenization = impollinazione incrociata
                      impollinazione indiretta
                      eterogamia (feminine)

The compound verb "cross-pollinate" hasn't a literal Italian
correspondent, since there isn't an Italian adverb corresponding to
"cross" (we can say "in modo incrociato", i.e. "in a cross way", but
it's very heavy); so you can translate with "effettuare
un'impollinazione incrociata" (= to put in effect a
cross-pollenization), "fecondare per impollinazione incrociata" (= to
fertilize via a cross-pollenization) and similar.

Note: the contrary of "impollinazione incrociata" in Italian is
"impollinazione diretta" or "monogamia"; I'm referring to a flower
(for example) which is fertilized by itself.

Ciao.

Gian Carlo Macchi  [log in to unmask]