le 20/07/2003 15:50, Per-Olof Karlsson à grovsnus72@hotmail.com a écrit :
Also, I don't understand the phrase "Les grands cols les defiles" - can someone describe what this means? I assume it's something about moving ahead in the field, e.g. "to leave the other shirts behind" ??
well... ;-) At first, keep in mind these terms have here a *geography* meaning - because in French "col" and "défilé" can also have various senses... A col is a (high) pass between mountains - a "summit" (but not an absolute "peak"), that means the top level where pass the road... *col* / \ (climb) / \ (descent) / \ The valley___/ \__another valley Grands (great) cols ? see the Kraftwerk TdF'83 lyrics, you'll find two famous legendary examples: in the Alps, col du Galibier (altitude 2645 m) in the Pyrenees, col du Tourmalet (altitude 2115 m) History: the Tour de France riders climbed the Tourmalet for the first time in 1910, and the Galibier in 1911(!) On the Galibier (and maybe on the Tourmalet too, I don't remember), a Memorial was even set up long time ago, tribute to Henri Desgranges the Tour de France founder. Of course these great cols among others (Izoard etc) are on the "riders' digest" (warf! :-)) this year: Galibier (last week, stage 9) and Tourmalet... today!!! stage 15 *I'll watch it on the tv* On the opposite, a "défilé" is a narrow bottom pass/way between the hills ( currently along a river...) I hope this can help you to find the swedish terms (they certainly exist) to translate "les grands cols" and "les défilés"... ;-) Maybe, perhaps, _ /o o\ Filtre4Pole \ ~ / I I - -