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dressurliche Durchlässigkeit

English translation: throughness (dressage)

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German term or phrase:dressurliche Durchlässigkeit
English translation:throughness (dressage)
Entered by: SJLD

08:53 Jul 13, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: dressurliche Durchlässigkeit
Dort wird weniger Wert auf die dressurliche Durchlässigkeit gelegt, sondern es wird spontan, aus dem Gefühl heraus, von einer Sekunde zur nächsten entschieden.
Birgit Müller
Local time: 18:29
throughness
Explanation:
But in fact "Durchlässigkeit" is often not translated

http://www.globaldressageforum.com/global2002/html/dressage....

Throughness, (stepping) Through, (stepping) Through the Neck/Bridle, Through Lettingness
The supple, stretched, and unblocked state of the horse's musculature. See 'Connection' and foreign terms 'Durchlässigkeit'.

Throughness and self-carriage as qualities in a dressage horseThroughness, a prized quality in a dressage mount, is deeply connected to skill at transitions. Transitions involve both velocity adjustments between gaits ...
nicholnl.wcp.muohio.edu/.../BioMech/Throughness.html - Cached - Similar
Understanding "Throughness""Throughness" is a popular dressage buzzword. The German word for "throughness"Durchlaessiskeitdoes not translate as well to English. ...
www.flyingchanges.com/htmls/.../Mar03Throughness.html

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http://www.flyingchanges.com/htmls/2003/Mar03Throughness.htm...

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Amazon.com: The Elements of Dressage: A Guide to Training the ...Whether you ride dressage, event, or show jump, this volume can be used as a training ... regularity, freedom, contact, straightness, and Durchlassigkeit. ...
www.amazon.com/Elements-Dressage-Guide.../1585747351
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SJLD
Local time: 18:29
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throughness


Explanation:
But in fact "Durchlässigkeit" is often not translated

http://www.globaldressageforum.com/global2002/html/dressage....

Throughness, (stepping) Through, (stepping) Through the Neck/Bridle, Through Lettingness
The supple, stretched, and unblocked state of the horse's musculature. See 'Connection' and foreign terms 'Durchlässigkeit'.

Throughness and self-carriage as qualities in a dressage horseThroughness, a prized quality in a dressage mount, is deeply connected to skill at transitions. Transitions involve both velocity adjustments between gaits ...
nicholnl.wcp.muohio.edu/.../BioMech/Throughness.html - Cached - Similar
Understanding "Throughness""Throughness" is a popular dressage buzzword. The German word for "throughness"Durchlaessiskeitdoes not translate as well to English. ...
www.flyingchanges.com/htmls/.../Mar03Throughness.html

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Note added at 38 mins (2009-07-13 09:32:46 GMT)
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http://www.flyingchanges.com/htmls/2003/Mar03Throughness.htm...

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Note added at 40 mins (2009-07-13 09:34:19 GMT)
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Amazon.com: The Elements of Dressage: A Guide to Training the ...Whether you ride dressage, event, or show jump, this volume can be used as a training ... regularity, freedom, contact, straightness, and Durchlassigkeit. ...
www.amazon.com/Elements-Dressage-Guide.../1585747351

SJLD
Local time: 18:29
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: good research. internet connections are handy things to have
40 mins
  -> nicht war? google Durchlässigkeit + dressage and bingo!
agree  mustafaer: -
1 hr
  -> thanks :-)
agree  MMUlr: I was also searching for the scale of dressage training: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressage#The_Training_Scale (find: "throughness") I would have placed it somewhere between Relaxation and Contact ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressage#The_Training_
2 hrs
  -> thanks :-)
agree  Stefanie Reinhold: throughness, even though according to FN "Woerterbuch Pferdesport" a proper equivalent does not exist, this is the most commonly used translation now
3 hrs
  -> thanks :-) Yes, "throughness" is not great as English words go
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