May 14, 2018 12:34
6 yrs ago
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German term

Schwünge

German to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation Skiing
This is from a film transcription about Zell am See: I think this must be a description of a downhill skiing race as the author appears to be a professional skier in Austria.

I find the whole phrase a bit impenetrable in fact, but I'm not sure what 'these two "Schwünge"' are in particular.

"Unten war ein Zaun, und da war das Gatter offen und da muss man durch das Loch hinaus schießen und hinüber zum Ziel … und ich wollte auch diese zwei Schwünge machen, aber sie sind mir nicht gelungen. Ich hab so eine Fahrt drauf gehabt, dass ich mit den Brettln einfach nur seitlich im Schuss durch das Tor hinaus gefahren bin … und deshalb der große Zeitunterschied."

Any help gratefully received.

Many thanks

Discussion

Laura Massey (asker) May 15, 2018:
Thank you all. You've made this extremely clear for me and I finally get it! I managed to get the original video from the client which also put the phrase in context.
Thomas Pfann May 14, 2018:
The gate was "unten" ("unten war ein Zaun, da war das Gatter offen" - that's the open gate in the fence) and presumbly near the finish ("da muss man durch das Loch [= das offene Gatter] und hinüber zum Ziel"). He or she wanted to make the two Schwünge (auch, ie. like someone else did before) through the gate but was too quick and just schussed through it - which explains the große Zeitunterschied.

Ich hab so eine Fahrt drauf gehabt = Ich war so schnell
Laura Massey (asker) May 14, 2018:
So he/she is describing a ski race down the mountain and how she launched badly from the gate at the top? I'm a bit confused also over "Ich hab so eine Fahrt drauf gehabt"

Proposed translations

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turns

is more appropriate than curves when it comes to skiing
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
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agree Sonja Marks-Terrey
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think turns works best here in terms of the context. Many thanks."
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swings or curves

I think he's describing a ski route that he was trying to take.
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moves

I think "moves" is often a good choice when the need for technical skills is implied.

"There was a fence at the bottom with the gate open where you were supposed to zip through the gap and over to the finish... I wanted to make those two moves but couldn't pull it off. I got up so much speed that I just ..."
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