Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
longe côte
English translation:
sea wading (longe côte)
Added to glossary by
Yvonne Gallagher
Dec 5, 2014 13:50
9 yrs ago
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French term
longe côte
French to English
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
sea wading with paddle/oar
I can't find the definitive English term for this activity which developed some years back in France. I've seen it called "sea hiking/walking" "aquatic hiking/walking" "paddle hiking" "sea wading" but can't be certain any of these terms are correct as they can mean other things as well and some just seem to be randomly translated.
The activity consists of walking in the sea with water chest-high with or without a paddle or oar to help with turns/balance
Do we actually have a name for this activity in English?
Please only answer if you are pretty sure it's one of terms above (or something else)
the question was asked before as fr>it and answer chosen was "paddle walking"
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_italian/sports_fitness_r...
http://www.opalelongecote.fr/longecotiens-par-les-corsaires-...
http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2012/08/16/marche-a-suiv...
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longe-côte
Thanks
The activity consists of walking in the sea with water chest-high with or without a paddle or oar to help with turns/balance
Do we actually have a name for this activity in English?
Please only answer if you are pretty sure it's one of terms above (or something else)
the question was asked before as fr>it and answer chosen was "paddle walking"
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_italian/sports_fitness_r...
http://www.opalelongecote.fr/longecotiens-par-les-corsaires-...
http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2012/08/16/marche-a-suiv...
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longe-côte
Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | sea wading | David Hayes |
5 | water treading (or treading water) | Denise Levin |
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Dec 11, 2014 12:04: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
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sea wading
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Comment: "Yes, I think this is nearest equivalent and I really don't think the French term is appropriate in English though of course it could be added in brackets until people actually get to know what sea wading is! I also think "sea" is preferable to "surf" as I'd say not that many people would want to do the activity in big waves
Many thanks to everyone for comments and esp. to Lucy and Alison for their research"
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water treading (or treading water)
From personal knowledge.
You float vertically in the water, sculling back and forth with your hands to maintain your upright position and flutter kicking with your feet.
You float vertically in the water, sculling back and forth with your hands to maintain your upright position and flutter kicking with your feet.
Example sentence:
water treading gives you confidence in the water, helping you overcome your fear of drowning.
Discussion
Good finds. The Deauville one looks like a decent translation (I'm assuming it was originally written in French?) but personally "surf" evokes images of waves for me and the water looks fairly calm in the pics I've seen so I think "sea" is better.(??) Interesting that the Oz examples are keeping the French version but personally I think the French would mean zilch to English speakers so should really have an English name...and as for "le sea walk" YEUCH! Anyway, as I said earlier, Asian resorts are using "sea walking" for underwater walking.
Try it: longe-côte (surf-wading)
This discipline is to the sea what cross-country skiing is to the mountain. The principle: set off together on a water walk along the coast. Wearing a wetsuit and diving or windsurfing footwear, wade in until the water reaches chest height and then power through the water parallel to the coast with the aid of a paddle. This is a real sport invented in Dunkirk and which has spread all along the northern coast of France.
http://mutualise.globaldeauville.com/deauville2010/media/9/b...
Another finding:
Longe Côte Australia Le SeaWalk
http://longecoteoz.wordpress.com/
Trade mark applied for
http://www.ipaustralia.com.au/applicant/longe-cote-australia...
But it looks like everyone is having fun! (and it would be good exercise)
Thanks for confirmation David. I was quite surprised there seems to be no term for this but now I've invented one. I think if we linguists can't up with new terminology when necessary then who can? Perhaps Lucy or you could put it as an answer so it can go in the Glossary?
Yes, all of these terms are used for other things as well. This does not (surprisingly) seem to have caught on as a leisure activity in English-speaking countries (yet!) so maybe a term has yet to be coined. I don't really want to leave it in French as I think it's time we actually had an English term for this. Personally I like "Sea wading" as that's what it is in essence. "Sea walking" seems to be used in Asian resorts for underwater walking wearing a helmet/ with oxygen supply. An example of a "new" sport and name is "Coasteering" which got popular in Ireland recently but that is not the same thing at all as, while some sea wading is involved there is also climbing in and out of water etc, a far tougher activity ...