Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
landlover
French translation:
restait au sol
Added to glossary by
Irène Guinez
Sep 5, 2014 08:26
9 yrs ago
English term
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French translator
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landlover
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Aircraft 1940-Porterfield
Next a 40 hp 9 cylinder Salmson radial was installed in the 35 model. The little kite still played landlover.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 5 +2 | restait au sol |
GILLES MEUNIER
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| 4 +3 | ne décollait toujours pas |
FX Fraipont (X)
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| 3 +1 | "terrien" |
kashew
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| 3 | flirtait toujours avec le sol |
Marie-Pascale Wersinger
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Change log
Sep 5, 2014 08:35: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Field (write-in)" from "Aircaft 1940-Porterfield " to "Aircraft 1940-Porterfield "
Sep 6, 2014 11:18: B D Finch changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Construction / Civil Engineering" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Sep 10, 2014 06:03: Irène Guinez changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1068083">Irène Guinez's</a> old entry - " landlover"" to ""restait au sol""
Proposed translations
+2
7 hrs
Selected
restait au sol
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
4 hrs
"terrien"
landlubber gets translated thus.
Peer comment(s):
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FX Fraipont (X)
: "landlover" = would not take off (engine not powerful enough). I don't see any connexion with "landlubber", "inexperienced sailor"
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Reluctant to quit terra firma! Took off, but not very powerfully is what I read.
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Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
: restait à terrre?
17 hrs
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Hi Cara! Took off, but not very powerfully is what I read.
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+3
6 hrs
ne décollait toujours pas
sachant que les modèles 35 étaient équipés d'un moteur de 70 ou 90 hp, il me semble que la phrase veut dire :
on a alors essayé un moteur de 40 hp, mais le petit avion (little kite) ne décollait toujours pas (was STILL a land lover).
"PORTERFIELD MODEL 35-70/35-90
1935
STANDARD DATA: Seats 2. Gross wt. 1,326. Empty wt. 823. Fuel capacity 18. Engine 90-hp Warner Scarab Junior.
PERFORMANCE: Top mph 135. Cruise mph 120. Stall mph 40. Initial climb rate 1,050. Ceiling 20,000. Range 336.
Both Porterfield models entered production in 1935 and were powered by either the 70-hp LeBlond fivecylinder or the 90-hp Warner Scarab Junior five-cylinder radial engines; thus, the numerical designations 35-70 and 35-90 apply. The Porterfield Aircraft Corp. of Kansas City, Missouri, had been founded one year, and the development work was done by E.E. Porterfield, who was formerly president of the American Eagle Aircraft Corp. Other versions of the first Porterfields were built with 50, 65, and 75-hp Continental or Lycoming engines. The enclosed cabin for two persons had dual controls, but they were quickly removable from either seat. Wing construction was two spruce spars, spruce and plywood ribs, and fabric covering. The fuselage was a fabric-covered steel-tube structure. "
http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/international-aircr...
on a alors essayé un moteur de 40 hp, mais le petit avion (little kite) ne décollait toujours pas (was STILL a land lover).
"PORTERFIELD MODEL 35-70/35-90
1935
STANDARD DATA: Seats 2. Gross wt. 1,326. Empty wt. 823. Fuel capacity 18. Engine 90-hp Warner Scarab Junior.
PERFORMANCE: Top mph 135. Cruise mph 120. Stall mph 40. Initial climb rate 1,050. Ceiling 20,000. Range 336.
Both Porterfield models entered production in 1935 and were powered by either the 70-hp LeBlond fivecylinder or the 90-hp Warner Scarab Junior five-cylinder radial engines; thus, the numerical designations 35-70 and 35-90 apply. The Porterfield Aircraft Corp. of Kansas City, Missouri, had been founded one year, and the development work was done by E.E. Porterfield, who was formerly president of the American Eagle Aircraft Corp. Other versions of the first Porterfields were built with 50, 65, and 75-hp Continental or Lycoming engines. The enclosed cabin for two persons had dual controls, but they were quickly removable from either seat. Wing construction was two spruce spars, spruce and plywood ribs, and fabric covering. The fuselage was a fabric-covered steel-tube structure. "
http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/international-aircr...
Peer comment(s):
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Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
15 hrs
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merci!
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B D Finch
20 hrs
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thanks!
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| agree |
AmbelyTrad
22 hrs
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thanks!
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1 day 21 hrs
Marie-Pascale Wersinger
Native in English
&
French
Specializes in field
Translate more than words: their spirit
Native in: French 
, English (Variants: British, UK, US)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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22
flirtait toujours avec le sol
"landlover" implies a certain playfulness
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