Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
waarvan de flanken schots en scheef durven te liggen
English translation:
with the added bonus of uneven or eroded verges
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MoiraB
Mar 11, 2011 10:56
13 yrs ago
Dutch term
waarvan de flanken schots en scheef durven te liggen
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cycle race route description
Lively text describing the Tour of Flanders road cycle race (intended for sponsors).
De finale in het hart van de Vlaamse Ardennen is het ware strijdtoneel. Kasseien, pittige hellingen **waarvan de flanken nog wel eens schots en scheef durven te liggen**, het geraas en het kabaal van honderdduizenden toeschouwers: de renner die hier het overzicht en de kalmte bewaart, mag al beginnen dromen.
I've seen vD's suggestions for schots en scheef (higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy, etc.) but can't quite picture what idea's being conveyed here.
De finale in het hart van de Vlaamse Ardennen is het ware strijdtoneel. Kasseien, pittige hellingen **waarvan de flanken nog wel eens schots en scheef durven te liggen**, het geraas en het kabaal van honderdduizenden toeschouwers: de renner die hier het overzicht en de kalmte bewaart, mag al beginnen dromen.
I've seen vD's suggestions for schots en scheef (higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy, etc.) but can't quite picture what idea's being conveyed here.
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with it's challenging uneven/lopsided/craggy berms/road sides
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Example sentence:
Everywhere on this second stretch, the edge of the road is craggy and uneven,
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Comment: "Thanks for clarifying what was going on here. With a bit of poetic licence (client encourages it!), I opted for "(...challenging uphill sections,) with the added bonus of uneven or eroded verges", bonus meant ironically, of course :-). I was subsequently sent the French version, which had rather colourfully rendered this as "avec leurs bas-côtés à la va-comme-je-te-pousse"."
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whose(/of which the) sides may well be higgledy piggledy
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Note added at 53 mins (2011-03-11 11:50:25 GMT)
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Think about badly tended roads, plants growing in between the stones, roads not tarmacked, but merely with gravel and that done long ago. And that on a slope of 20%. Great stuff for cyclists.
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Note added at 53 mins (2011-03-11 11:50:25 GMT)
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Think about badly tended roads, plants growing in between the stones, roads not tarmacked, but merely with gravel and that done long ago. And that on a slope of 20%. Great stuff for cyclists.
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often also with a very uneven road surface
wild guess
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"challenging randomly angled slopes"
Just a suggestion - it appears to be open to a lot of different interpretations.
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