Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Aug 26, 2009 10:20
14 yrs ago
Swedish term
Ireland
Professional, precise and punctual
Native in: English
Works in: Danish to English, Swedish to English, Norwegian to English
död ved
Swedish to English
Bus/Financial
Forestry / Wood / Timber
Cirka 40 procent av de rödlistade skogsarterna har en koppling till död ved
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | deadwood |
George Hopkins
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| 3 +1 | dead wood |
Charles Ek
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Proposed translations
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Selected
deadwood
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Charles Ek
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Your meaning, from your words and mine
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
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dead wood
I am offering this only as an alternative to consider. My first instinct was also "deadwood." However, I checked with alternative Google searches, using "dead "wood" with "forests" and "deadwood" with "forests." Both usages appear, with "dead wood" seemingly favored slightly in silviculture references. See the example sentences and references below for this usage.
I think we might need a silviculture specialist translator to resolve this one -- I could go either way.
I think we might need a silviculture specialist translator to resolve this one -- I could go either way.
Example sentence:
Dead wood is increasingly being regarded as a major component and useful indicator of biodiversity in forests[.]
Studies in temperate forests in North America and elsewhere suggest that in a healthy, wild forest dead wood can comprise as much as 30% of the overall woody biomass.
Reference:
http://forestry.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/69/3/275
http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/forest/ecological/deadwood.html
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