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Apr 27, 2012 08:42
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French term

routier

French to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation Scout ranks
Hello everyone. I've got a list of scout ranks ("scout" as in "Boy Scouts"). Unfortunately, I have no more context. This is the list:

*Baladin
*Louveteau
*Éclaireur
*Pionnier
*Routier

Thanks in advance for your help with this term, and I'll be doubly grateful if someone can provide me with a French-English glossary of scouting terms.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 rover
3 rover, cub, pathfinder
References
Scoutopedia!

Discussion

Catherine Gilsenan Apr 28, 2012:
Scout Network The Scouts used to have names similar to the ones mentioned here, in French, but in the UK they decided to change them.

http://www.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/search/?cat=8

Proposed translations

+1
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rover

The different grades are very much age related and there are differences from one country to the next. You do not say which country you are targetting you English for.

Guess it boils down to doing the legwork and seeing which best fits. Rover may be suitable for routier, although the age range of the French seems smaller.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-04-27 12:00:50 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_Scout

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Note added at 8 hrs (2012-04-27 17:08:15 GMT)
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Apart from Rover Scout which seems appropriate for Canada, maybe "Group Leader" woudl be ebst here for Routier, unless it is a badge.
Peer comment(s):
agree Colin Rowe
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rover, cub, pathfinder

Though not a specialist in the field, these are the English terms I have often heard as equivalent of "routier, louveteau" and "éclaireur" . As for "baladin" and "pionnier" I don't have any clear idea about their English equivalents.
Hope the references below will be helpful.
Reference:

http://dict.partio.net/cgi-bin/dictdb.pl?l=en&l=fr

http://www.scoutorama.com/dictionary/index.c

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Reference comments

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Reference:

Scoutopedia!

I suspect you will find this resource contains the answer to your question. Delightfully nostalgic though it would be (and an interesting transcultural comparison) I don't have time right now to work through the precise translation of your term.
Reference:

http://fr.scoutwiki.org/

Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree writeaway : yes, everyone is presenting refs. But kudoz is for difficult terminology. asking others to do all the work, including the basic research, is taking things a bit far
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