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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

ganaderos transhumantes

English translation:

migratory herders

Added to glossary by peter jackson
Mar 18, 2011 18:50
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

ganaderos transhumantes

Spanish to English Social Sciences Agriculture
Desde mediados de siglo, los gobernantes fueron conscientes de los problemas del sector agrario, pues a los intendentes de las provincias llegaron cada vez más quejas por parte de quienes estaban implicados en el sector: agricultores y ganaderos trashumantes, propietarios y braceros
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 migratory herders
4 +2 transhumant herders
4 +1 livestock owners who move their herds seasonally
4 nomadic herders
4 seasonal grazing herdsmen
3 Transhumance live-stock

Discussion

Noni Gilbert Riley Mar 19, 2011:
@Simon Yes, you're quite right about the fact that migrations are seasonal. I hadn't really looked at it in that way, because I was reading yours, despite the explanation, as it being the herders who were migrating, not their animals. I suppose I also associate migration with birds, not with the four-footed.
Noni Gilbert Riley Mar 19, 2011:
Ah, an economic paper... Then I agree with you Peter.
Noni Gilbert Riley Mar 19, 2011:
Typo Sorry, that was transhumant! I'll correct the original entry now.
Rachel Fell Mar 19, 2011:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumance#The_Iberian_Penins...
peter jackson (asker) Mar 19, 2011:
The text is a paper on economic history - accounting in public granaries in 18th century Albacete - nada menos! So perhaps transhumant herders is the best term?
Simon Bruni Mar 19, 2011:
Animal migrations are always seasonal Are they not?
Joel Pina Diaz Mar 18, 2011:
Dear noni, I will appreciate some other information regarding the term transmant, some feedback if possible will be very appreciated. Thanks.
Noni Gilbert Riley Mar 18, 2011:
Seasonal I think it may be vital to include this word if readers are going to understand, unless this is a v specialized text where readers might be expected to understand "transhumant", which is the correct technical term.

I have spoken at length and often to an old family friend who used to bring cattle (on foot) through the Gredos range from their winter pasture in Extremadura to the summer pastures in Avila (they used to overnight in what are now the mesones and ventas which are so favoured by those going to eat a good Sunday lunch), to my father-in-law who used to bring sheep by train from Segovia to Ciudad Real, and I have accompanied cattle on foot from drier pasture in our valley to greener areas on the other side of the city - a good 25 kms which takes all day and shocks the locals on a Sunday morning as you take them through the city of Avila!
peter jackson (asker) Mar 18, 2011:
sorry, trashumantes

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migratory herders

Herders that take or follow the herd to winter or summer pastures.

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http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ESZZ278&q=m...

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Transhumant is a possibility but less recognisable, more specialised I would say.
Peer comment(s):
agree Henry Hinds
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agree K Donnelly
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agree Bubo Coroman (X) : yes, I have seen migratory goat herds in Tenerife
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agree Cecilia Paris : Sorry, hadn't seen your last note. I prefer transhumant, and yes, it is more specific than migratory.
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agree franglish
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agree neilmac : Best option for a general audience. Transhumant is too recondite a term for most non-specialist readers IMO. Horses for courses;)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I used transhumant due to the type of text. Thanks for your help."
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Transhumance live-stock

transhumant that live in the high altitudes (International Conference on Nomadism .... Cattle and small stock play a critical role in the agro-pastoralist ...

http://www.google.com.ar/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CFwQ...
Reference:

http://www.google.com.ar/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CCcQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drschuylerjones.com%2Fhtm%2Ftranshumance.htm&rct=j&q=Tr

http://www.google.com.ar/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CB8QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.springerlink.com%2Findex%2FX37074R98L49X257.pdf&rct=j&q

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nomadic herders

Answers.com - What is nomadic herding - [ Traducir esta página ]Ancient History question: What is nomadic herding? when farmers constantly move place to place because more feed is available or for other reasons that ...
wiki.answers.com/.../What_is_nomadic_herding - En memoria caché - SimilarNomadic pastoralism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Traducir esta página ]Historically nomadic herder lifestyles has led to warrior-based cultures, that have made them fearsome enemies of settled people. ...
en.wikipedia.org/.../Nomadic_pastoralism - En memoria caché - SimilarSands shifting for Africa's nomadic herders | Environment | The ... - [ Traducir esta página ]7 Feb 2010 ... Millions of hectares of land used by pastoralists have been lost to sedentary farming and conservation.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../sands-shifting-africa-nomadic-herder... - En memoria caché - SimilarNOMADIC HERDING REGIONS XOMADIC herding is the dom- - [ Traducir esta página ]the regions of nomadic herding is further emphasized by a tabulation of ... Nomadic herding occupies the broad belt of dry lands that extends from the ...
www.jstor.org/stable/140368 - SimilarAsia :: Nomadic herding -- Kids Encyclopedia | Online Encyclopedia ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Asia, Nomadic herding: In the drier parts of Asia, especially Southwest Asia, most rural people make a living by raising livestock. Many are nomads who move ...
kids.britannica.com/comptons/.../Asia - En memoria caché - SimilarNOMADIC HERDING « Agriculture Science - [ Traducir esta página ]1 Apr 2010 ... NOMADIC HERDING An extensive form of animal grazing on natural pasturage, entailing constant or seasonal migration of the nomads alongwith ...
scienceofagriculture.wordpress.com/.../nomadic-herding/ - En memoria caché
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livestock owners who move their herds seasonally

This may not be the most elegant translation. Technically, the term is transhumant shepherds/herders/drovers. In Spain it refers to the practice of moving herds of sheep and cows from the lowland pastures, which become parched in summer, to highland pastures. Spain has 4,000 km of drovers' routes that were maintained specifically to allow livestock to move from one area of the country to another.
Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drover_(Australian)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumance

Peer comment(s):
agree Noni Gilbert Riley : I'd certainly go for seasonal. Farmers who move their herds to seasonal pastures.
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seasonal grazing herdsmen

Or, if they are the owners, farmers grazing their herds seasonally - which I think would work in your sentence.

"The patterns of seasonal grazing, often involving transhumance, have
been largely unchanged since the early days of agriculture."
http://www.birdlife.org/eu/pdfs/BCEurope_CAPreformpaperFeb08...

Although I also favour "transhumant (livestock) farmers"!
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transhumant herders

The World Gathering of Nomads and Transhumant Herders is meeting in Segovia this September, 8th - 16th.
http://www.iberianatureforum.com/index.php?topic=532.0;wap2



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Here an interesting article: http://libro.uca.edu/vassberg/land1.htm
in this paragraph you have both transhumant herding and seasonal migrations:
"...The derrota, of course, was not created by jurists rationally manipulating legal principles of ownership. Rather, it had its origins in the needs of the rural community at a certain time in history. There were several broad economic factors explaining the adoption of the custom. The basic justification for the derrota was the need to maintain an adequate supply of accessible pasture resources for the important pastoral sector of the rural economy. The celebrated development of transhumant herding was one solution to the problem. But it was not possible to send all animals on seasonal migrations across the peninsula in search of green pastures. Most of Spain's animals, in fact, did not participate in the periodic transpeninsular migrations, but instead remained near the villages of their owners. It was essential to devise a way to feed them...."
Peer comment(s):
agree Barbara Thomas : This is technically the correct term
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agree Muriel Vasconcellos
3 days 14 hrs
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