Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Au vent du relief
English translation:
upwind of terrain, or land relief
Added to glossary by
Drmanu49
May 26, 2015 22:09
8 yrs ago
French term
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Au vent du relief
French to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Paragliding
- En vol de pente, la priorité revient à l'aile qui :
A - a la pente à sa droite
B - à la pente à sa gauche
C - est située au vent du relief
D - est située sous le vent du relief
A - a la pente à sa droite
B - à la pente à sa gauche
C - est située au vent du relief
D - est située sous le vent du relief
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | upwind of terrain, or land relief |
Drmanu49
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| 4 | windward of the (mountain) relief |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Change log
Jun 9, 2015 07:39: Drmanu49 Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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24 mins
Selected
upwind of terrain, or land relief
meaning the side of a hill or mountain the wind is blowing against
Peer comment(s):
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Simon Charass
19 mins
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Thank you.
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Au vent de = upwind (of); sous le vent de = downwind (of). ;-) This looks like a multiple-choice / QCM questionnaire and so the answer has to be spot on. Bonne journée Doc.//I noted your profile pic a while back ;-)
8 hrs
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Thank you Nikki. Bonne journée également. Je suis pilote de planeur et d'ULM MA.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
12 hrs
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Native in English
Works in field
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
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windward of the (mountain) relief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmv_8j_UnTs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD8HOZg-vmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JWTCMIH2S0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S63_JvlRzsg
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Note added at 12 hrs (2015-05-27 10:27:38 GMT)
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And for the phrase in context:
"C - est située au vent du relief"
coul be rendered as :
"C - is to windward of the mountain"; OR
"C - is windward of ..."
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Note added at 12 hrs (2015-05-27 10:28:38 GMT)
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http://www.eagleparagliding.com/?q=node/177
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD8HOZg-vmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JWTCMIH2S0
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Note added at 12 hrs (2015-05-27 10:26:11 GMT)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S63_JvlRzsg
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Note added at 12 hrs (2015-05-27 10:27:38 GMT)
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And for the phrase in context:
"C - est située au vent du relief"
coul be rendered as :
"C - is to windward of the mountain"; OR
"C - is windward of ..."
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Note added at 12 hrs (2015-05-27 10:28:38 GMT)
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http://www.eagleparagliding.com/?q=node/177
Discussion
I don't know if you are fmailiar with the GDT (granddictionnaire.com) but it's a useful online source for ordinary technical terminology and even some quite specialized technical terminology. This term is certainy there and in most decent dictionaries too. Just a hint and handy to know about, particularly if you need your answer quickly. Bonne journée!
"Sous le vent" and "au vent" are very basic terms in this field.