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French term or phrase:	faisant route
English translation:	travelling
Entered by:	NewCal

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08:18 Jun 8, 2008

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Zoology / marine mammals

French term or phrase: faisant route

faisant route
en parlant de cétacés.

Fait partie d'une questionnaire, il n'y a donc pas de phrase.

Thanks for your help.

NewCal KudoZ activity Questions: 1342 (6 open) (33 without valid answers) (195 closed without grading) Answers: 1285 New Caledonia
Local time: 19:16

travelling

Explanation:
"faire route" = to travel, journey, "to be on the road"; it could mean travelling or migrating or, by extension, "on their migration routes".

Hope this helps,

Gaby

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Gabrielle Leyden
Belgium
Local time: 09:16

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Merci
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

1 +6

travelling

Gabrielle Leyden

4 +1

migrating

Drmanu49

heading towards

Dr D Jones

on a journey

MatthewLaSon

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47 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

travelling

Explanation:
"faire route" = to travel, journey, "to be on the road"; it could mean travelling or migrating or, by extension, "on their migration routes".

Hope this helps,

Gaby

Gabrielle Leyden
Belgium
Local time: 09:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Merci

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

migrating

Explanation:
Southern right whale migration. Southern right whalee Winter/Spring: During the winter and spring, they are found in their coastal mating and calving ...
www.whaleroute.com/migrate/index.htm - 12k -

As the gray whales migrate along the Pacific Coast, we may have a brief chance to view them before their return to a world that remains mysterious. ...
www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/wildlife_viewing_whales.htm - 39k -

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 09:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 12

5 hrs confidence:

heading towards

Explanation:
heading trowards

Dr D Jones
France
Local time: 09:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

16 hrs confidence:

on a journey

Explanation:
Hello,

I think this is more literal, but I think that "migration" is what's being implied here.

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
United States
Local time: 03:16
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4