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blacktop winds

French translation: Ce tronçon de route (asphaltée)

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English term or phrase:stretch of blacktop
French translation:Ce tronçon de route (asphaltée)
Entered by: Layla de Chabot

08:50 Nov 8, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Geography / circuit touristique
English term or phrase: blacktop winds
this stretch of blacktop winds through western Norwegian geography at its most breathtaking.
Claire Mendes Real
Ce tronçon de route (asphaltée) serpente/traverse
Explanation:
A cet endroit, la route asphaltée traverse les paysages sublimes de l'ouest de la Norvège (par exemple).

This stretch = tronçon de route / à cet endroit
Blacktop = route asphaltée
Winds through = serpenter, traverser (si les virages sont négligeables)

Je ne comprends pas bien cependant la nécessité d'insister sur le fait que la route est asphaltée, pourquoi ne pas juste dire route ?
Tout dépend du contexte évidemment.
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Layla de Chabot
France
Local time: 01:26
Grading comment
Merci, très joli
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Ce tronçon de route (asphaltée) serpente/traverse
Layla de Chabot
4 +2bitume serpente
Norbert Bousigue


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bitume serpente


Explanation:
ce ruban de bitume serpente à travers les paysages les plus impressionnants de l'Ouest de la Norvège

Norbert Bousigue
France
Local time: 01:26
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  FX Fraipont (X)
42 mins
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agree  kashew: ruban is very nice
1 hr
  -> Merci beaucoup
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Ce tronçon de route (asphaltée) serpente/traverse


Explanation:
A cet endroit, la route asphaltée traverse les paysages sublimes de l'ouest de la Norvège (par exemple).

This stretch = tronçon de route / à cet endroit
Blacktop = route asphaltée
Winds through = serpenter, traverser (si les virages sont négligeables)

Je ne comprends pas bien cependant la nécessité d'insister sur le fait que la route est asphaltée, pourquoi ne pas juste dire route ?
Tout dépend du contexte évidemment.


    Reference: http://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/road
    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/to%20wind
Layla de Chabot
France
Local time: 01:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci, très joli

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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
13 mins
agree  kashew: Very nice
38 mins
agree  mimi 254
1 hr
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