Feb 12, 2000 02:54
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French term
United Kingdom
sports de glisse
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existe-t-il un équivalent en anglais?
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gliding sports
I have translated dozens of patents related to "gliding sports" - so go ahead and feel free to use the answers proposed to you by some of the other respondents. Gliding sports include skiing, ski boarding, roller skating, ice skating, roller blading etc. This is the generic French term that includes all these various "gliding" sports.
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winter & water sports ?
According to the Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique there is no English equivalent yet. The term seems to be one of those abstract generalizations which appeal to certain French minds. It cover all sports where gliding is involved, e.g. skiing, skating or windsurfing. How about hang gliding then ? There is no answer to that. This a question for a Sports Commentators Linguistic Committee...
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gliding sports, glide sports
Just a suggestion, not found. I don,t think that the word glisse really exists in French, we have glissade ang glissé which are almost synonyms.
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gliding sports, glide sports
me again. Sorry sports de glisse and la glisse do exist.
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Gliding sports
For sure.
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winter sports
this would be more of a verbal or linguistic translation.
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skiing
A "glisse" refers to a new type of downhill ski designed to slide quickly, so "sports de glisse" must refer to sports performed on these downhill skis, or skiing.
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Board sports
The term "Board sports" is used to refer to skiing, snowboarding, windsurfing and other sports with a board. It often works for "sports de glisse", although it obviously excludes roller skating, cycling, etc. which the French expression can also cover, depending on your context.
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