Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
flopped over on his back
French translation:
se retourner
Added to glossary by
Irène Guinez
Aug 7, 2014 10:36
9 yrs ago
English term
Spain
French translator
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Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, Catalan to French, and 1 more.
flopped over on his back
English to French
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
rebuilt of the 1940 Porterfield airplane
He had forgotten to hook up the brakes!
The Portefield rolled off the end of the runway and flopped over on his back
The Portefield rolled off the end of the runway and flopped over on his back
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +4 | se retourner |
kashew
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| 3 -1 | s'est couché sur le dos |
polyglot45
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Change log
Aug 23, 2014 09:40: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Field (write-in)" from "rebuilt of the 1940 Portefield airplane" to "rebuilt of the 1940 Porterfield airplane"
Proposed translations
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se retourner
information available to passengers in float-planes and helicopters about underwater egress in the event the aircraft flips over on take-off or landing or ditches and rolls over. tsb-bst.gc.ca
[...] de suffisamment d'information sur les procédures d'évacuation lorsque l'aéronef est immergé au cas où celui-ci ***se retourne*** au décollage, à l'atterrissage ou au cours d'un amerrissage d'urgence. tsb-bst.gc.ca
Tonneau is more of a rolling prang.
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Note added at 15 minutes (2014-08-07 10:51:28 GMT)
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Here, probably a forward roll?
[...] de suffisamment d'information sur les procédures d'évacuation lorsque l'aéronef est immergé au cas où celui-ci ***se retourne*** au décollage, à l'atterrissage ou au cours d'un amerrissage d'urgence. tsb-bst.gc.ca
Tonneau is more of a rolling prang.
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Note added at 15 minutes (2014-08-07 10:51:28 GMT)
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Here, probably a forward roll?
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37 mins
polyglot45
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Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
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s'est couché sur le dos
ou sur le flanc s'il ne s'est pas totalement retourné
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-08-07 12:12:45 GMT)
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-08-07 12:12:45 GMT)
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