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venez chercher la contraction totale durant l'exercice

English translation: "Work toward getting full contraction during the exercise"or "go for full contraction...)

11:41 Sep 16, 2000
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
French term or phrase: venez chercher la contraction totale durant l'exercice
confused me. It is a sentence belonging to a illustrated description of how to do an arm exercise correctly (bicep curls) with dumbbells ("des charges" en francais)

The sentence is: Venez chercher la contraction totale durant l'exercice.

Why "VENEZ"? Is this a typo or "faute de frappe"? Come attempt or try for full contraction [of arm when doing bicep curls]. What does "VENEZ" mean here in this context?

Thank you,
Steve
Steve
English translation:"Work toward getting full contraction during the exercise"or "go for full contraction...)
Explanation:
Litterally, you would translate by "Come and get..." But this is similar to the expression "aller chercher", which means "go for" or "fetch". You would say "viens chercher ton diner a la cuisine" to mean "come and get (fetch) your dinner in the kitchen" or "venez chercher l'argent a ma maison" "come and get (fetch) your money at my place". So it really has a feeling of "come in and get something". In this case, this means you go into your own body resources and fetch all the contraction you can muster. Am I making any sense?

I think either one of the sentences above would be right.
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Louise Atfield
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Merci beaucoup!

Le probleme ici, c'est que le mot "VENEZ" n'est pas vraiment traduisable en anglais. "TO COME" or "TO GO" attempt for full contraction is not really "ENGLISH". You would have to, in this case, translate the idea which is "Go for" or "Try for" full contraction, preferably "Go for" to translate the idea of "Go attempt for." "Venez chercher" is just an example that you can't translate word for word. You were right!
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na"Work toward getting full contraction during the exercise"or "go for full contraction...)
Louise Atfield
nasee below
Andre Argaud
naJust a note: "full contraction" is the correct term
Heathcliff


  

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1 hr
"Work toward getting full contraction during the exercise"or "go for full contraction...)


Explanation:
Litterally, you would translate by "Come and get..." But this is similar to the expression "aller chercher", which means "go for" or "fetch". You would say "viens chercher ton diner a la cuisine" to mean "come and get (fetch) your dinner in the kitchen" or "venez chercher l'argent a ma maison" "come and get (fetch) your money at my place". So it really has a feeling of "come in and get something". In this case, this means you go into your own body resources and fetch all the contraction you can muster. Am I making any sense?

I think either one of the sentences above would be right.

Louise Atfield
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup!

Le probleme ici, c'est que le mot "VENEZ" n'est pas vraiment traduisable en anglais. "TO COME" or "TO GO" attempt for full contraction is not really "ENGLISH". You would have to, in this case, translate the idea which is "Go for" or "Try for" full contraction, preferably "Go for" to translate the idea of "Go attempt for." "Venez chercher" is just an example that you can't translate word for word. You were right!

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2 hrs
see below


Explanation:
Venez chercher in this context can be translated as "reach", such as reach for
total contraction during the excercise.
But I don't like "contraction" necessarely, maybe you can come up with something synonymous

Andre Argaud

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6 hrs
Just a note: "full contraction" is the correct term


Explanation:
in the context of resistance exercises and weight training.


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Native speaker of: English
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