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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

raquette

English translation:

turning circle

Added to glossary by Tony M
Jul 4, 2012 19:13
12 yrs ago
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French term

raquette

French to English Bus/Financial Real Estate Equestrian
I am translating a letter from a notary public to an individual who is selling their property in France. It includes a lengthy description of the property, including facilities for keeping horses. I am struggling to translate the term 'raquettes', which is included in this description in the context below. I'm assuming that it is an equestrian term...

"une piste de galop en sable tout temps avec lisses de 1000 mètres et 2 raquettes"

Any suggestions would be most gratefully received.
Proposed translations (English)
3 turning circle
Change log

Mar 13, 2013 08:59: Tony M Created KOG entry

Discussion

Alice Jones (asker) Jul 5, 2012:
Thank you Thank you to you both for clarifying this term for me.

Tony, if you would like to make an entry then I would be happy to grade it.
B D Finch Jul 4, 2012:
Tony is right Just google "all-weather gallop" AND "turning circle" for confirmation. The "all-weather" bit is just inserted to exclude non-relevant ghits.
Alice Jones (asker) Jul 4, 2012:
Thank you Tony I did check the glossary and saw 'turning circles', but not being a horse rider myself I wasn't sure if there was such a thing for horses! The deadline is early tomorrow morning so I doubt you'll have the opportunity to speak to your friend before then, but thank you very much for the offer and your explanation.
Tony M Jul 4, 2012:
Glossary I'm pretty sure we've had this term before, albeit in a rather different context!

I believe it refers to the 'turning circles' you find at each end of an otherwise rather narrow gallop, so that riders/horses can turn easily and without losing too much speed. Sorry, I don't know the official equestrian term for these — but if necessary, I could ask a friend of mine for you?

Proposed translations

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turning circle

This is certainly what a 'raquette' is in terms of road layouts, though I am not able to confirm if it is the correct technical term in equestrian parlance or not.

(see also previous KudoZ question)

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Note added at 1049 jours (2015-05-20 19:02:22 GMT) Post-grading
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Previous KudoZ:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/transport_transp...
Note from asker:
Thanks Tony - I googled 'turning circle' as suggested by B D Finch and it came up with a number of promising hits, so no doubt you are correct. I cannot grade your entry at the moment as the question has not been posted for 24 hours, but will be happy to do so later this evening/early tomorrow.
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