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flèche d'argent

English translation: flèche d'argent


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French term or phrase:flèche d'argent
English translation:flèche d'argent
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14:30 Apr 21, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / skiing
French term or phrase: flèche d'argent
skiing level. As a non-skier, I am struggling to translate this into English for a CV.

I am not sure whether Kudos points can be awarded as I am not a full Proz member yet.
Gill Zschunke
France
Local time: 21:07
flèche d'argent
Explanation:
This is the official title of an ESF (Ecole du Ski Français) award for slalom skiing.

You can find out how it is awarded on the ESF website. See link below. They use the French term in their English language site.

Hope this helps.

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savtrad
Local time: 21:07


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5 +1flèche d'argent
savtrad
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WordReference.com on "flèche"
Julia Boukara

  

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flèche d'argent


Explanation:
This is the official title of an ESF (Ecole du Ski Français) award for slalom skiing.

You can find out how it is awarded on the ESF website. See link below. They use the French term in their English language site.

Hope this helps.




    Reference: http://www.esf.net/en/tests/performance/fleche.html
savtrad
Local time: 21:07
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Again, thank you for this very helpful reply. Cannot award points as am not full member yet but am very grateful. Gill


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julia Boukara
2 hrs
  -> thank you msRyder1991!
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2 hrs
Reference: WordReference.com on "flèche"

Reference information:
One definition of the term is "slalom test" according to WR...so although it's tempting to translate it literally as "silver arrow", perhaps you could approach it with the testing angle.


    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/fleche
Julia Boukara
United States
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Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  savtrad: Please see my explanation above. It is an ESF test.
10 mins
  -> Left my glasses at home...turning this into an agree on your entry :)
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