Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 08:38:34 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Status: RO [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]