Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
agroalimentaire
English translation:
agri-food
French term
United States
PhD Chemicals/Pharmaceuticals/Cosmetics
Native in: English (Variants: British, US)
Works in: French to English, English
agroalimentaire
Que ce soit en matière d'environnement, de santé humaine, d'agroalimentaire ou de bien-être.....
Are there any experts out there? I have found agri-food but am not sure. Agroalimentary only gets non-US or UK hits. Ag-bio isn't quite right either. Thank you.
Non-PRO (2): df49f (X), Sylvia Smith
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Proposed translations
agri-food
Given that you don't have more precision in the original, I would be inclined to avoid choosing anything too much more specific...
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Note added at 14 hrs 41 mins (2006-01-17 11:30:17 GMT)
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Gets over 71,000 Ghits even with just 'uk' domaine, so I think we can safely assume that the term has now come into more widespread European use than just Canada.
France
Les mots clés... de votre succès!
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English
agri-business
the food industry
the agricultural processing industry
the food processing industry
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suezen
: the food industry
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John Speese
: I worked in agricultural research for 23 years, and agribusiness is also what I've always heard, and I've also heard the food industry or even better, the agriculture industry.
2 hrs
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Sue Pasco (X)
: the food industry sounds the most natural to me
10 hrs
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food processing (industry)
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sarahl (X)
: food industry
38 mins
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Specialist in sport and economics
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Catalan to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
agro industry
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Tony M
: Tim, please could you add that rather helpful-sounding link? :-)
2 hrs
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anything goes
From my notes :
Agro-alimentaire Food and agriculture, food and beverages, foodstuffs industry, agro-industry [Web; CW6.10.93p25], agri-foodstuffs industry [BS], agrifoods [esp. Canada]
As I say, "agrifoods" strikes me as being predominantly Canadian. From there, due to the Canadian translation resources, it has invaded translations from the French ...
French & Science degrees, Native English
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
"Food and Agriculture", or, just agriculture
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Sylvia Smith
: yes, I agree! agri-food sounds odd, and if the goal is to make the translation sound natural to native speakers...
2 hrs
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Tony M
: Some reservations, as 'food' could imply things like 'hotel & catering', which is getting a bit away from it; I think a more formal term is needed here...
6 hrs
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food and feed
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Note added at 16 hrs 31 mins (2006-01-17 13:19:56 GMT)
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Interesting, Dusty, I didn't "feel" it like that, but perhaps. I've seen it a lot in written language, but it may not have been the same context as this. I've had issues with "agroalimentaire" myself :o)
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Note added at 16 hrs 31 mins (2006-01-17 13:19:57 GMT)
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Interesting, Dusty, I didn't "feel" it like that, but perhaps. I've seen it a lot in written language, but it may not have been the same context as this. I've had issues with "agroalimentaire" myself :o)
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Tony M
: It sounds rather informal to me, the sort of way 2 people WITHIN the industry would talk; but I'm not sure it's formal enough to fit in this external consultant's list...
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Really? Why is that? It doesn't strike me as inappropriate.
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France
Specialty: Biology, Chemistry, Medicine
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English
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