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Sommer-Rodel-Schlitten

English translation: summer toboggan

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German term or phrase:Sommer-Rodel-Schlitten
English translation:summer toboggan
Entered by: Martin Wenzel

17:17 Mar 24, 2009
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
German term or phrase: Sommer-Rodel-Schlitten
Genießen Sie eine 7 km lange Abfahrt in freier Natur auf dem originalen, nostalgischen Sommer-Rodel-Schlitten
Martin Wenzel
Germany
Local time: 01:36
summer toboggan
Explanation:
my suggestion: summer toboggan

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-03-24 17:25:06 GMT)
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http://www.wiegandslide.com/summer-toboggan-runs.html
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EHI (X)
Local time: 01:36
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7summer toboggan
EHI (X)
3 +3Summer toboggan track
Donal Murphy-Bokern
3 +2summer sled
Lonnie Legg


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
summer toboggan


Explanation:
my suggestion: summer toboggan

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-03-24 17:25:06 GMT)
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http://www.wiegandslide.com/summer-toboggan-runs.html

EHI (X)
Local time: 01:36
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: no brainer
6 mins
agree  Claire Cox
6 mins
agree  Louise Mawbey
1 hr
agree  Helen Shiner: Quite easy to find with a good dictionary
1 hr
agree  jccantrell: wow, that looks like fun! I will have to find one around here and try it.
2 hrs
agree  mill2
16 hrs
agree  Kathi Stock
17 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
summer sled


Explanation:
The revolutionary "SummerSled™" is constructed of polypropylene and has a (250lb+) weight capacity.ssl.adgrafix.com/cgi-bin/checkitout/checkitout.cgi?summerslSTORE:home

Video results for "summer sled"
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&client=safari&rls=...


Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 01:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  KARIN ISBELL
39 mins
  -> Thanks, Karin.
agree  RegineMac
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Regine.
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Summer toboggan track


Explanation:
It sounds like this is one of those tracked systems that are found in the Alps

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Note added at 42 mins (2009-03-24 18:00:28 GMT)
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The summer toboggan track is only right if it is one of the tracked versions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommerrodelbahn

Donal Murphy-Bokern
Germany
Local time: 01:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jo Bennett: The translation needs the word "track" to make sense. (Such fun! Do we have them in the UK? If so, where please?)
8 mins
agree  pme
14 mins
neutral  writeaway: it's a run not a track
21 mins
agree  Helen Shiner: Agree, but run as writeaway says
1 hr
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