Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Maiz criollo
English translation:
native criollo corn
Added to glossary by
Eileen Brophy
Aug 19, 2014 22:04
9 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Spain
The Right Word Used in the Right Context
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Maiz criollo
Spanish to English
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Agriculture
This is a name of a variety of corn from Mexico, but I am not sure if the name in the UK is the origianl Spanish name or another, as I have found it called native maize, traditional corn.... I would just like to know what is the name in English, preferably UK English as this is for the UK. Thank you.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | native criollo corn |
Michele Fauble
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| 3 +1 | Mexican creole corn/maize |
Helena Chavarria
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| 3 | home grown corn/maize |
David Hollywood
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Proposed translations
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4 hrs
Michele Fauble
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
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native criollo corn
The UK newspaper The Guardian uses the term 'native criollo corn' in an article.
"Their results, published yesterday in the science journal Nature, showed that four of six samples of native criollo corn taken from fields contained a genetic "switch" commonly used in GM crops, and that two of the samples were found to have another DNA segment commonly inserted by genetic engineers."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/30/foodanddrink.hi...
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Depending on context, you could probably replace 'native' with 'Mexican' and 'corn' with 'maize'.
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A photo tribute to Mexican corn
www.themijachronicles.com/2013/07/a-photo-tribute-to-mexica...
Criollo corn in Milpa Alta, Mexico City.
books.google.com/books?isbn=1439103844
Peter Pringle - 2010 - Science
In the wider scientific community, few actually doubted that Quist and Chapela could have found transgenic DNA in criollo corn.
Phytochemicals & Antioxidant Activity in Criollo Corn Varieties from Mexico
http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Seeds-as-Functional-Foods-N...
They want to continue growing their preferred criollo corn varieties for the sake of taste and culture.
http://zesterdaily.com/world/free-trade-threatens-corn-mexic...
'Chanin' corn yields were significantly lower than that of criollo corn, but conditions were better for growing broccoli and cauliflower.
books.google.com/books?id=9h4OAQAAIAAJ
He uses maize hybrids, but also raises considerable stands of the criollo maize.
www.cimmyt.org/en/what.../mexican-maize-landraces-eroding-b...
In Mexico, the thousands of landraces of maize are called criollo maize.
http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/ge-not-t...
"Their results, published yesterday in the science journal Nature, showed that four of six samples of native criollo corn taken from fields contained a genetic "switch" commonly used in GM crops, and that two of the samples were found to have another DNA segment commonly inserted by genetic engineers."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/30/foodanddrink.hi...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-08-20 02:27:11 GMT)
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Depending on context, you could probably replace 'native' with 'Mexican' and 'corn' with 'maize'.
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Note added at 18 hrs (2014-08-20 16:35:36 GMT)
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A photo tribute to Mexican corn
www.themijachronicles.com/2013/07/a-photo-tribute-to-mexica...
Criollo corn in Milpa Alta, Mexico City.
books.google.com/books?isbn=1439103844
Peter Pringle - 2010 - Science
In the wider scientific community, few actually doubted that Quist and Chapela could have found transgenic DNA in criollo corn.
Phytochemicals & Antioxidant Activity in Criollo Corn Varieties from Mexico
http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Seeds-as-Functional-Foods-N...
They want to continue growing their preferred criollo corn varieties for the sake of taste and culture.
http://zesterdaily.com/world/free-trade-threatens-corn-mexic...
'Chanin' corn yields were significantly lower than that of criollo corn, but conditions were better for growing broccoli and cauliflower.
books.google.com/books?id=9h4OAQAAIAAJ
He uses maize hybrids, but also raises considerable stands of the criollo maize.
www.cimmyt.org/en/what.../mexican-maize-landraces-eroding-b...
In Mexico, the thousands of landraces of maize are called criollo maize.
http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/ge-not-t...
Peer comment(s):
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MSA-Translation
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Rachel Fell
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Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for your help :0-))"
20 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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75
home grown corn/maize
might work
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might cover the grey/gray area
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in the UK it would be known as "maize"
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and as Mexico is implicit ok to go with "home grown" IMO
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anyrhing with creole would be misinterpreted by native English speakers
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should read "anything"
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might cover the grey/gray area
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-08-19 23:04:54 GMT)
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in the UK it would be known as "maize"
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-08-19 23:16:37 GMT)
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and as Mexico is implicit ok to go with "home grown" IMO
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-08-19 23:18:06 GMT)
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anyrhing with creole would be misinterpreted by native English speakers
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should read "anything"
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31 mins
Helena Chavarria
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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56
Mexican creole corn/maize
Apparently maize orginally came from Mexico.
Most historians believe maize was domesticated in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico.[1] The Olmec and Mayans cultivated it in numerous varieties throughout Mesoamerica, cooked, ground or processed through nixtamalization. Beginning about 2500 BC, the crop spread through much of the Americas.[2] The region developed a trade network based on surplus and varieties of maize crops. After European contact with the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, explorers and traders carried maize back to Europe and introduced it to other countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize
The earliest undisputed domesticated maize cobs are from Guila Naquitz cave in Guerrero, Mexico, dated about 4280-4210 cal BC. Starch grains from domesticated maize have been found in the Xihuatoxtla Shelter, in the Rio Balsas valley of Guerrero, dated to ~9,000 cal BP.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/mterms/qt/maize.htm
Or you might prefer Mexican domesticated maize cobs
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The historic birthplace of corn, and home to several thousand varieties of the crop, corn is more than just a staple in the Mexican diet. Beyond its prevalence in local cooking, corn is a symbol at the heart of countless indigenous traditions and holds great spiritual significance. An indigenous Nahuatl man from the state of Hidalgo explained that his community hosts a festival to celebrate corn every year in which ‘we dance with the corn and we celebrate the Earth Mother.’ - See more at: http://newint.org/blog/2013/05/24/vandana-shiva-mexico-monsa...
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The footnote on page 16
4 The term creole is a poor and imprecise reference to native maize or native maize landraces. Introduction of modern varieties of maize: hybrids and open pollinated modern varieties interacts with maize landraces in two ways: a) very few ears are taken as a parent material to the farm unit, where both seeds, native and introduced, are purposely mixed and planted together so as to bring traits that the farmer judges adequate so as to improve the native landrace. This is a part of autochthonous maize breeding that goes back to the early stages of maize domestication; b) an improved variety, hybrid or open-pollinated, is planted, harvesting its seed from the same plot for several generations. This material is known as a “creolized hybrid” or “a creolized improved variety.” In the latter case, the maize landrace works as a parent material.
Some qualities of the landrace such as the quality for direct use as food not necessarily kept in the progenies. Frequently the creolized hybrid is sold on the market.
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/wp/12-03TurrentMexMaize.p...
According to my last reference, 'Mexican native maize' or 'Creolised improved variety of maize' would be more appropriate.
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Or 'creolised variety of maize', without 'improved'.
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The bottom of page 52
http://books.google.es/books?id=klvRtgerAooC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA5...
You will see in the reference above that the definition of a 'creolised variety' is an 'improved and locally adapted variety'.
Most historians believe maize was domesticated in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico.[1] The Olmec and Mayans cultivated it in numerous varieties throughout Mesoamerica, cooked, ground or processed through nixtamalization. Beginning about 2500 BC, the crop spread through much of the Americas.[2] The region developed a trade network based on surplus and varieties of maize crops. After European contact with the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, explorers and traders carried maize back to Europe and introduced it to other countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize
The earliest undisputed domesticated maize cobs are from Guila Naquitz cave in Guerrero, Mexico, dated about 4280-4210 cal BC. Starch grains from domesticated maize have been found in the Xihuatoxtla Shelter, in the Rio Balsas valley of Guerrero, dated to ~9,000 cal BP.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/mterms/qt/maize.htm
Or you might prefer Mexican domesticated maize cobs
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Note added at 35 mins (2014-08-19 22:39:46 GMT)
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The historic birthplace of corn, and home to several thousand varieties of the crop, corn is more than just a staple in the Mexican diet. Beyond its prevalence in local cooking, corn is a symbol at the heart of countless indigenous traditions and holds great spiritual significance. An indigenous Nahuatl man from the state of Hidalgo explained that his community hosts a festival to celebrate corn every year in which ‘we dance with the corn and we celebrate the Earth Mother.’ - See more at: http://newint.org/blog/2013/05/24/vandana-shiva-mexico-monsa...
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Note added at 49 mins (2014-08-19 22:54:02 GMT)
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The footnote on page 16
4 The term creole is a poor and imprecise reference to native maize or native maize landraces. Introduction of modern varieties of maize: hybrids and open pollinated modern varieties interacts with maize landraces in two ways: a) very few ears are taken as a parent material to the farm unit, where both seeds, native and introduced, are purposely mixed and planted together so as to bring traits that the farmer judges adequate so as to improve the native landrace. This is a part of autochthonous maize breeding that goes back to the early stages of maize domestication; b) an improved variety, hybrid or open-pollinated, is planted, harvesting its seed from the same plot for several generations. This material is known as a “creolized hybrid” or “a creolized improved variety.” In the latter case, the maize landrace works as a parent material.
Some qualities of the landrace such as the quality for direct use as food not necessarily kept in the progenies. Frequently the creolized hybrid is sold on the market.
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/wp/12-03TurrentMexMaize.p...
According to my last reference, 'Mexican native maize' or 'Creolised improved variety of maize' would be more appropriate.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-08-19 23:06:21 GMT)
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Or 'creolised variety of maize', without 'improved'.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-08-20 09:12:31 GMT)
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The bottom of page 52
http://books.google.es/books?id=klvRtgerAooC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA5...
You will see in the reference above that the definition of a 'creolised variety' is an 'improved and locally adapted variety'.
Peer comment(s):
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Rachel Fell
: quite likely, but context from Asker would probably help
3 hrs
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Thank you, Rachel :-)
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Discussion
It is spelt maiz in Spanish, the only missing thing is the accent, which I do not have on my laptop.
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