Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
sports de glisse
English translation:
boardsports
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Aug 13, 2003 20:20
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sports de glisse
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sliding sports that seems to take in many different activities like skateboarding etc.
Do we have anything similar in English please.
Do we have anything similar in English please.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | definition of "sport de glisse" |
Louise Dupont (X)
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| 5 +1 | depends... perhaps roller sports |
Marian Greenfield
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| 4 +2 | gliding sports |
Francis MARC
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| 5 | sports involving sliding motion. |
pascie
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| 3 +1 | sliding-gliding sports (Canada only?) |
David Sirett
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| 5 -1 | sidewalk sports |
zaphod
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| 4 | Free sports or Freesports |
Jean-Luc Dumont
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| 4 | sports de glisse |
Lars Finsen
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| 3 | Skating Sports |
1964
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| 4 -1 | winter sports |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 2 | gliding |
sarahl (X)
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Proposed translations
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43 mins
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definition of "sport de glisse"
All sports that involve gliding On ice, on water or on snow like alpine skiing,bobsleigh, Water skiing, windsurfing...
Selon le Grand dictionnaire terminologique:
sport de glisse n. m.
Note(s) :
Sports de glisse : terme regroupant toutes les spécialités sportives où l'on glisse, que ce soit sur la neige, sur la glace, sur l'eau (ski de neige, bobsleigh, ski nautique ((sic)), surf, planche à voile, etc.).
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Note added at 2003-08-14 00:17:02 (GMT)
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I found \"Boardsport\" but this would include skateboard you have to see with the context.
http://www.boardsports.ca/home.htm
Selon le Grand dictionnaire terminologique:
sport de glisse n. m.
Note(s) :
Sports de glisse : terme regroupant toutes les spécialités sportives où l'on glisse, que ce soit sur la neige, sur la glace, sur l'eau (ski de neige, bobsleigh, ski nautique ((sic)), surf, planche à voile, etc.).
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Note added at 2003-08-14 00:17:02 (GMT)
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I found \"Boardsport\" but this would include skateboard you have to see with the context.
http://www.boardsports.ca/home.htm
Reference:
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Boardsports it is. Thank you very much everybody for the time and effort you have put into this. As these activities take place on a tropical island I have had to discard winter sports.
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4 mins
gliding
closer than sliding
+1
5 mins
Marian Greenfield
Native in English
Over 30 years in financial translation
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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1518
depends... perhaps roller sports
our colleague is right about gliding, unless all the sports mentioned involve wheels, in which case I would call them roller sports
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Louise Dupont (X)
: they surely don't involve wheels (see below)
40 mins
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| neutral |
cjohnstone
: not rollers
1 hr
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| neutral |
David Sirett
: "roller sports" is much too limited, but many in France do include roller skating and skateboarding in "sports de glisse" (http://asgum.free.fr/; http://fr.dir.yahoo.com/Sports_et_loisirs/Sports/Sports_de_g...
1 hr
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| agree |
zaphod
: It's this bad definition of Sports de Glisse which is limiting you all
4 days
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+2
19 mins
gliding sports
Composites International N°42 - November/December 2000 - [ Traduire cette page ]
... Mountain gliding sports / Les sports de glisse à la montagne. A market worth close
to 10 billion french francs Un marché proche des 10 milliards de francs. ...
www.globalcomposites.com/publications/comp42.html - 22k -
Descrizione - Beschreibung - description - beautiful property of ...
... Jazz Festival,Mexican cinema festival, night-concerts, spectacles. During winter, gliding sports are present. ... L'hiver, les sports de glisse sont présents. ...
www.nwwea.info/houses/europe/france/barc/pres.htm - 18k -
Dans une époque où les loisirs, et en particulier les sports de glisse, prennent
un ... full expansion and it is particularly true as far as gliding sports are ...
www.chez.com/buggyrollin/birth.html - 5k
... Mountain gliding sports / Les sports de glisse à la montagne. A market worth close
to 10 billion french francs Un marché proche des 10 milliards de francs. ...
www.globalcomposites.com/publications/comp42.html - 22k -
Descrizione - Beschreibung - description - beautiful property of ...
... Jazz Festival,Mexican cinema festival, night-concerts, spectacles. During winter, gliding sports are present. ... L'hiver, les sports de glisse sont présents. ...
www.nwwea.info/houses/europe/france/barc/pres.htm - 18k -
Dans une époque où les loisirs, et en particulier les sports de glisse, prennent
un ... full expansion and it is particularly true as far as gliding sports are ...
www.chez.com/buggyrollin/birth.html - 5k
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
cjohnstone
52 mins
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| agree |
zaphod
: Like it, but you don't glide or slide on wheels unless you fall.
4 days
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+1
38 mins
sliding-gliding sports (Canada only?)
IMO there is no widely-used phrase in UK English covering the same range as the French.
English translations of French web sites tend to use "gliding sports", but in the UK this seems to be restricted to aeronautical gliding (gliding itself, hang-gliding, paragliding).
Canadian usage seems to be "sliding-gliding sports" or "sliding and gliding sports".
English translations of French web sites tend to use "gliding sports", but in the UK this seems to be restricted to aeronautical gliding (gliding itself, hang-gliding, paragliding).
Canadian usage seems to be "sliding-gliding sports" or "sliding and gliding sports".
41 mins
-1
3 hrs
sidewalk sports
don't have to refine it. It hapopens on the trottoir, man.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
pascie
: rafting is one of the sports involving sliding motion and I don't think it can be practised in such a place.
2 days 22 hrs
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Horsehockey! Sailing, floating, rafting etc are WATERSPORTS. Don't believe EVERYTHING you read!
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5 hrs
Jean-Luc Dumont
France
France
Native in French
France
Accuracy, Ability, Availability
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to French, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1108
-1
9 hrs
winter sports
in "French" French, "sports de glisse"....refers exclusively to those sports practised on snow or ice, i.e. skating, skiing, tobogganing, etc.
Therefore the usual English term would be "winter sports"
I know it's not exactly the same but just the nearest equivalent.
Therefore the usual English term would be "winter sports"
I know it's not exactly the same but just the nearest equivalent.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Timothy Barton
: Not true. It includes skateboarding, sailing, grass skiing, and many other non-winter sports.
5223 days
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11 hrs
Lars Finsen
Komzan brezhoneg.
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, French to Norwegian, German to Norwegian, and 17 more.
Related KudoZ points
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14
sports de glisse
Mostly, but not exclusively wintersport. But if English has no exactly equivalent term, why not import the French one? It's happened before. And 'sports de glisse' sounds nice, no?
3 days 1 hr
sports involving sliding motion.
There is no equivalent in English. Describing what these sports are about (sliding motion0 is the best way to get around.
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