Paris-Nice has been a fun event to watch, as bad as yesterday was for all, today's scenery was just astonishing.
Give me a sunny day, some fromage, Beaujolais, a beret, and a baguette, and a spot where I can park my Renault roadside to watch the peloton go by, and I'd be happy.
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 014:
Cadors = big guns
"Ça va s'expliquer entre cadors"
"The race favourites are going to fight this one out amongst themselves"
#ParisNice2026
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 013:
A l'arrièrAH = Behind, at the back.
(And a clear indication that you're listening to Laurent Jalabert's lovely southern French accent)
#ParisNice #France3
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 013:
A l'arrièrAH = Behind, at the back.
(And a clear indication that you're listening to Laurent Jalabert's lovely southern French accent)
#ParisNice #France3
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Sehr empfehlenswert für #Übersetzer #Dolmetscher:
Die Blogreihe A bis Z beim #DVÜD, dem Deutschen Verband der freien Übersetzer und Dolmetscher e. V.
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#xl8 #1nt #freelancing #dvud
When you rush out of the house without checking your kit 😅
🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard rocking a unique look to stay warm on a biterly cold stage! 🥶
📸 Cor Vos
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 012:
costaud = well 'ard*
"Van der Poel, il est costaud"
"That van der Poel, he's well 'ard!"
* we're sticking with polite translations today, suitable for a family audience :)
#TirrenoAdriatico
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 011:
vent de côté = crosswind
The perfect conditions for a spot of echelon riding. Also known as "How to split the peloton apart on a flat, straight road"
#ParisNice
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 010:
Coup de bordure = echelon
"Il y a des bordures partout" = "There are lots of echelons causing splits in the bunch"
Love it, eh? In English we use a French term that even the French don't use!
#ParisNice
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Cross-winds on today's Paris-Nice stage. And we know what that means, don't we, boys and girls?
#Echelons
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 009:
"Lève un peu le pied! Il y a une cassure!"
What the DS should be shouting from the team car during the team time trial
"Hey! Ease off a bit - you're dropping them!"
#ParisNice #ChronoParEquipes
Motto In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing about the dark times.
This Brecht poem is quoted a lot, often to invoke the indomitable enduring spirit of the arts, keeping on keeping on, a light in the darkness, and so on. But it often feels like the important word is being overlooked, and that's "about"
Sportfotografie ís kunst…
(Foto Donal Rey)
#wielrennen #procycling #sport
#fotografie #photography #sports
#StradeBianche #StradeBianche2026
Professional cyclist Ethan Hayter seen racing in a time trial at the Tirreno Adriatico bike race, clearly "giving the finger" to a passing TV motorbike. Hayter is wearing the white jersey with red and blue bands that indicate he is the British national time trial champion.
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 008:
Le doigt d'honneur ....
Professional cyclists are ambassadors for their teams, and for the sport.
= Flipping the bird; giving the finger
#classy #not
Cycling and translation: Bringing two of my loves together here.
This thread will be a slightly tongue in cheek series of translations from French to English. Broadly based on what I hear (or mishear!) whilst watching cycle racing on French TV
#cycling #bikes #sport #cyclisme #Radsport #xl8
In other news: Nice to be greeted by blue skies and sunshine this morning!
The number of translators leaving the profession is very real. And this should be a serious worry for professional bodies in the translation sector (rather than just pushing the narrative of "oh, translators just need to learn more about AI")
#XL8
Quelques impressions de notre 7ème Journée luxembourgeoise de la traduction et de l'interprétation et 15ème anniversaire de l'ALTI
Deuxième partie (après-midi)
Photos : Deborah Rimi
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 007:
Bidon collé
= sticky bottle
A water bottle handed up by the team car, with the rider clinging onto it and getting a free push for a suspiciously long time.
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Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 006:
"Il a du cran!"
Admiringly, when the underdog leads out the sprint:
"I like his style!"
#cyclisme #ParisNice #XL8 #glossary #glossaire
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 005:
"plus peur que de mal"
(after a crash in the peloton)
Do we have a similar phrase in English? (literally "more fear than pain").
Perhaps: "That was a scary moment, but fortunately noone was badly hurt"
#ParisNice
Nick's French-English cycling glossary, entry 322:
Lanceur....
"Et déposé a 200m par son lanceur"
"Perfectly lined up with 200m to go by his lead-out man"
#TDF2024 #TourDeFrance #TourdeFrance2024 #cyclisme
Always good to hear of a rider going Commando! :)
Nick's French - English cycling glossary, entry 001
"C'est une bonne bosse, quand même"
= "It's quite a stiff little climb"
#ParisNice
(I ran this humorous cycling vocab glossary for a year or two on Tw*tter... time to relaunch it here on Bluesky)
Settling in for an afternoon of watching two different bike races on French television. Two stage races this week. #TirrenoAdriatico #ParisNice #BikeRacing
We are delighted to share that our collaboration with London's Istituto Italiano di Cultura will continue for this year's forthcoming Oxford Translates Literary #Translation Summer School.
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Applications are still open - bursary & early-bird deadlines are fast approaching!
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Saturday night cyclists in Paris
happy strade bianche day to all who celebrate 😍
A bacon butty to start my Saturday. Cruising into the weekend with style ...
