Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
comportamiento acuífero
English translation:
aquifer capacity
Spanish term
Geology and Hydrogeology / Proofreading
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
comportamiento acuífero
I am translating a book on hydrogeology into English and I'd like to know how you'd translate this expression:
"La Formación X presenta un comportamiento pobremente acuífero en su base."
He seems to be referring to the formation's hydraulic properties. "Acuífero" here is being used as an adjective, how could I express a similar concept? And how would you introduce that "pobremente" to modify it? Thanks!
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Neil Ashby
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| 5 +1 | aquifer performance |
Diana Badder
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| 4 | aquiferous behaviour |
neilmac
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| 3 | exhibits a low-saturation response |
Andrew Bramhall
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Proposed translations
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DrNeil TechTrans, Precision & Clarity
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
aquifer capacity
"aquifer capacity" 6,100 hits.
"aquiferous behaviour/behavour" 23 hits
AQUIFER CAPACITY STUDIES – PROTECTION OR PREVENTION
https://www.waternz.org.nz/Attachment?Action=Download&Attach...
aquifer capacity study/through-flow analysis has been completed. There are ... making it very difficult to undertake an aquifer capacity study with confidence.
Assessing Aquifer Capacity for SAGD Development - GeoConvention
www.geoconvention.com/...
/411_GC2014_Assessing_Aquifer_Capacity_for_SAGD_...
Key Words: SAGD, aquifer, capacity, well efficiency, prolific. Summary ... Aquifer capacity is determined by Transmissivity (T) as derived from pumping tests.
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But I don't think this suggestion is relevant, just throwing up ideas.
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Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
exhibits a low-saturation response
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English
aquifer performance
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Now I look at it properly (sorry40ºC here!) I left the "poor" out, so it would be poor aquifer performance
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Andrew Bramhall
: I agree with your contextual reasoning;// no, about 'behaviour' relating to people, and on ' aquiferous' as an adjective; it's about exhibiting certain characteristics here, in my humble opinion.
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Do you mean my sly avoidance of any grammaTICAL explanation!!!
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Neil Ashby
: On usage, this seems to be the phrase (7,000 hits).
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neilmac
: I don't agree that "behaviour is more suitable for a person". Far from it.
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aquiferous behaviour
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"Formation X presents a poorly aquiferous behaviour at its base"
"Formation X presents (an) insufficient aquiferous behaviour at its base"
"Formation X presents little aquiferous behaviour at its base"
etc...
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Scant, negligible...
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Paper published by Chinese authors:
"The cycle of the self-restoration of aquiferous behaviour of surface layer is less one year."
http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-MDKT201306012.htm
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NB: Just for the record, let's get something straight: "Comportamiento" is behaviour in English. It is not synonymous with capacity (the aquifer flow might vary; that would be behaviour). Nor is it synonymous with "performance".
That's really all I have to say on the matter. You decide.
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philgoddard
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Neil Ashby
: Chinese, plus the expression only gets 19 hits.... // No need to be shirty; I was saying NOT only is it a dubious Chinese ref. but it's ALSO an expression that is only used 19 times, capiche? // Did I say capacity was syn. with "comport."? NO. kettle-pot!
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Which part of "published by Chinese authors" did you not understand? Perhaps it gets few hits because it's a recondite subject area.
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Andrew Bramhall
: "The cycle of the self-restoration of aquiferous behaviour of surface layer is less one year" ....is absolute gobbledegook....
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