Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
accastilleur
English translation:
ship chandler
Added to glossary by
Catharine Cellier-Smart
Jun 2, 2010 05:58
13 yrs ago
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French term
acastilleur
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
This is in a list of things that a boat-owner/skipper should watch out for. There is no other context.
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | ship chandler | Catharine Cellier-Smart |
Change log
Jun 2, 2010 09:12: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Ships, Sailing, Maritime"
Jun 11, 2010 23:54: Catharine Cellier-Smart changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/606080">Rimas Balsys's</a> old entry - "acastilleur"" to ""ship chandler""
Proposed translations
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5 mins
French term (edited):
accastilleur
Selected
ship chandler
Normally an "accastilleur" (with double 'c') is a ship chandler - the person who is a supplier to boat owners
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Note added at 7 mins (2010-06-02 06:05:24 GMT)
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see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_chandler
I can only imagine that your text means 'watch out' in the sense of not getting ripped off.
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Note added at 7 mins (2010-06-02 06:05:24 GMT)
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see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_chandler
I can only imagine that your text means 'watch out' in the sense of not getting ripped off.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Michel F. Morin
: Good morning. Yes, correct (and correct also for "double c"). See http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accastillage and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_chandler
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Good day Michel and thank you !
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, this makes sense in the context. Not being a sailor myself I didn't pick up the typo in the source so thank you :-)"
Discussion
Thanks Tony for your input as always - There is no real context for this line, but the doc itself is about navigation software for weekend sailors that gives them a printout of the best rouite based on the weather (which the software consults in real time) and the boat's characteristics.