Jeu de piste

English translation: Treasure hunt

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French term or phrase:Jeu de piste
English translation:Treasure hunt
Entered by: GenerousOcea (X)

23:03 Jul 3, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Internet, e-Commerce
French term or phrase: Jeu de piste
Un site Internet invite les internautes à participer à un jeu de piste, au cours duquel ils devront résoudre des énigmes.

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GenerousOcea (X)
Local time: 21:53
Treasure hunt
Explanation:
In this game, you find clues in the form of riddles, you solve the riddle which will lead to another clue, so on and so forth until you reach a treasure
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Uma Hariharan
Local time: 06:23
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Thank you for this answer. I went with this.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1scavenger hunt
Marian Greenfield
3 +1Treasure hunt
Uma Hariharan
4a platform game
Maryse Trevithick


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scavenger hunt


Explanation:
Definitions of scavenger hunt on the Web:

A scavenger hunt is a game in which individuals or teams seek to find all items on a list. For instance, the list might include "A four leaf clover, a quartz crystal, and a photocopy of an Escher print." Often the goal is to race against competitors to retrieve the items first. Internet scavenger hunts are becoming more common for educational purpose.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenger_hunt

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you fot this answer. It was fast and perfect, but I did not use it because the game was on a grocery store Website...


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agree  tatyana000
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Treasure hunt


Explanation:
In this game, you find clues in the form of riddles, you solve the riddle which will lead to another clue, so on and so forth until you reach a treasure

Uma Hariharan
Local time: 06:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you for this answer. I went with this.

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agree  Anna Quail
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a platform game


Explanation:
the general term for these games.

Maryse Trevithick
Spain
Local time: 01:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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