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passage au sommet

English translation: ascent time (to the summit)


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French term or phrase:passage au sommet
English translation:ascent time (to the summit)
Entered by: philgoddard
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18:03 Apr 18, 2011
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
French term or phrase: passage au sommet
"La montée de (nom de la montagne) sera chronométrée cette année et tous les participants recevront leur temps de passage au sommet par sms."

Times upon reaching the top/summit OR time to reach the top/summit?

Merci!
Jeff Steffin
United States
ascent times (to the summit)
Explanation:
"Passage au sommet" means "ascent to the summit". They might receive the text message after they've reached the top and are going down the other side. And I've put "to the summit" in brackets because you could leave it out - "ascent" is enough.
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Local time: 14:09
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4 +5ascent times (to the summit)philgoddard
4 +2ascent times on the summit
DLyons


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ascent times on the summit


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Note added at 11 mins (2011-04-18 18:15:09 GMT)
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When they reached the top, they got an sms telling them how long they had taken.

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 20:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Wilson: combination of both the asker's possibilities
29 mins
  -> Thanks Sheila.
agree  Joseph Grades: I agree but at the summit almost sounds better to me, on seems to work as well.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Joey. Yes, "at" sound better.
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
ascent times (to the summit)


Explanation:
"Passage au sommet" means "ascent to the summit". They might receive the text message after they've reached the top and are going down the other side. And I've put "to the summit" in brackets because you could leave it out - "ascent" is enough.

philgoddard
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  DLyons: You're quite right, but my feeling is that the instantaneous nature of the sms is what's being stressed..
7 mins
agree  cc in nyc: Too many computer glitches to count on getting the message while still at the summit, even if it's planned that way..
14 mins
agree  B D Finch: Yes, I really don't think that they are all being told that they will all still be at the summit when the SMS arrives.
3 hrs
agree  gallagy2
3 hrs
agree  Gilla Evans
13 hrs
agree  Alison MacG: Although I think I would actually go for "summit times" rather than "ascent times", e.g. http://www.wfra.me.uk/437.htm or http://www.iol.ie/~imra/rpt_02Lugnaquilla.htm
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May 2, 2011 - Changes made by philgoddard:
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