Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

courbe

English translation:

curve/arc/turn

Added to glossary by French Foodie
Sep 10, 2007 09:53
16 yrs ago
French term

courbe

French to English Marketing Sports / Fitness / Recreation ski catalogue
I'm translating ski descriptions and am faced with a way of describing skis that I have never seen before. I am familiar with radius (rayon) and sidecut (ligne de côte) measurements, but this is new to me:

Polyvalence de courbes
Le pourcentage exprime comment est typé le ski (petites ou grandes courbes).
La ligne de côtes exprimée en mm indique la largeur du ski en 3 points (spatule / patin / talon).

Then, for each ski description, you have something like:

Polyvalence de courbes
80% petites courbes, 20% grandes courbes
Rayon 20 m
Côtes 105/85/95.

The only thing I can surmise is something like "turn versatily", the ski being shaped for skiers who will perform 80% small turns and 20% large turns.

I am thankful for any efforts at help, but would appreciate references if possible, as this is something that appears throughout the catalogue and needs to be as accurate as possible.

Many thanks in advance.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 curve/carving see comments

Discussion

Eric BILLY Sep 10, 2007:
no problem at all :)
I helped as much I can right now.
French Foodie (asker) Sep 10, 2007:
Hi Eric, I hope I didn't imply I felt you weren't trying! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer.
Eric BILLY Sep 10, 2007:
hello Mara, I tried my best, I think it is rather a marketing information as indicated with the sentence "Le pourcentage exprime comment est typé le ski (petites ou grandes courbes).", short turn slalom like , large turn SuperG or Descente like.
French Foodie (asker) Sep 10, 2007:
Hi Eric, thanks for your answer. As Ingebord mentions, there was a similar Kudoz question on carving edge, but I must say what bothers me is that I have never seen carving rendered as a %. I'm particularly interested in any references that show a similar usage of %.

Proposed translations

+1
15 mins
Selected

curve/carving see comments

it could help:
http://www.extremecarving.com/


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Note added at 18 mins (2007-09-10 10:11:40 GMT)
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http://www.engin.brown.edu/courses/en3/Design_Projects/skisl...


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Note added at 21 mins (2007-09-10 10:14:41 GMT)
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http://www.isiaski.org/download/rovinj_reider_en.pdf
http://www.skicanadamag.com/Images/PDFs/04FallSkiGuide_opt_o...
http://www.snowrental.net/skiing/ski-equipment/rossignol/200...
"For short radius Slalom turns. Magic balance in curves with maximum performance and rebound."
Peer comment(s):

agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : I think we had a similar term once in Kudoz before
59 mins
thanks :)
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Carving is actually one specific type of turn, in addition to sliding, skidding, etc. But I wanted to give you a few points anyway to thank you for taking the time to help."
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