Nov 6, 2009 17:48
14 yrs ago
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French term
au près + au portant
French to English
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Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Segelbegriffe - Wind
"Avec 15 nœuds au près et plus de 20 nœuds au portant, ils sont les voiliers les plus rapides"
au près - close hauled?
au portant - in a fair wind or before the wind?
Thanks!
au près - close hauled?
au portant - in a fair wind or before the wind?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | close-hauled |
kashew
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| 4 | on the wind + downwind |
Pierre POUSSIN
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Change log
Nov 6, 2009 18:00: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Visibility" from "Visible" to "Squashed"
Nov 6, 2009 21:30: Tony M changed "Visibility" from "Squashed" to "Visible"
Proposed translations
+1
21 hrs
French term (edited):
au près
Selected
close-hauled
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Note added at 21 hrs (2009-11-07 15:12:25 GMT)
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And, portant = running
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Note added at 21 hrs (2009-11-07 15:12:25 GMT)
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And, portant = running
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Pierre POUSSIN
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Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
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Related KudoZ points
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24
on the wind + downwind
from "Dictionnaire des termes de marine" (Oursau)
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