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French to English Tourism & Travel Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
baisse de fréquentation		decrease in visitor numbers
balade en pleine paroi		open rockface scrambling	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
baliseur		footpath warden
Banquette relaxante		Baja shelf
Baptême de plongée		trial dive
BAR		Base Address Register
barre rocheuse		rocky outcrop [see question for fuller discussion]	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
bassin à flot		wet dock	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
bassin d’emploi		employment catchment area	Ian Davies
Entered by: Ian Davies
bastingage		and its breathtaking panoramic view of the valley
bateau-salon		pleasure boat
bateaux-navettes		shuttle-boats
bavette		snow skirt
bâtons de rose écôtés		ragged rose staffs	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
BCBG (bon chic bon genre)		up-market yet trendy	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
Bidegaina		a name
bien dans ses baskets...etc		Good for your feet, good for your body, good for your mind
bien-mis		well-dressed (people)	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
billet thermique vs dématérialisé		thermal vs. mobile ticket(ing)	Ana Vozone
Entered by: Ana Vozone
boisée		wood-panelled
bons plans		great ideas
bord de Gironde		on the banks of the Gironde (estuary)
borne "Flot bleue"		"Flot Bleu" service point/sanistation
borne pour camping car		trailer hook-up
bouchon		dandy brush
bouchons		bouchons (simple little bar-restaurants specific to Lyon)
bourelle		executioner's wife
bourgeois		well-heeled
Bourse d'échange au matériel sportif		bring-and-buy sports equipment sale/ second-hand sports equipment sale
boutiques tendance bobo		bobo-chic / boho-chic / hippie chic
Bouvine		world of bulls
branching (a sport)		acrobranching	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
brasserie rustique		rustic or traditional tavern	AllegroTrans
Entered by: AllegroTrans
buffetières		[describing the functions of] attendants at the side-board (dining room attendant)
bungalow toilé		canvas bungalow
c'est à un savoureux moment d'Art de Vivre que vous convient Marie et Paul		Mary and Paul invite you to (share) a delicious / Savo(u)ry moment of Art de Vivre	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
cafetard		bistrot or café
caisson		unit
cal - pied		pedal strap
camping plage à étage		terraced seafront campsite

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