Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Gleitpartie
English translation:
constantly slipping and sliding
Added to glossary by
Daniel Gray
Jul 19, 2013 14:01
10 yrs ago
German term
Germany
German to English Translator
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Gleitpartie
German to English
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
mountaineering
The author is talking about ascending Gunung Api, a volcano in the Banda Archipelago.
Here's the the whole passage:
Die Besteigung beginnt vor Sonnenaufgang und endet mit dem lohnenden Ausblick über die Inselgruppe noch vor der härtesten Mittagshitze.
Ein nachmittäglicher Spaziergang über die Muskatnussplantagen erholt dann von den Strapazen der Besteigung, die auf den letzten Metern unter dem Gipfel durch die unter den Füßen wegrutschende schwarze Lavarollerde immer wieder zur Gleitpartie geraten war.
Here's the the whole passage:
Die Besteigung beginnt vor Sonnenaufgang und endet mit dem lohnenden Ausblick über die Inselgruppe noch vor der härtesten Mittagshitze.
Ein nachmittäglicher Spaziergang über die Muskatnussplantagen erholt dann von den Strapazen der Besteigung, die auf den letzten Metern unter dem Gipfel durch die unter den Füßen wegrutschende schwarze Lavarollerde immer wieder zur Gleitpartie geraten war.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | constantly slipping and sliding |
philgoddard
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| 3 | slippery affair |
Michael Martin, MA
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| 2 | slippery slope |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
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philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
Selected
constantly slipping and sliding
Thanks to MiriamT for the dictionary reference in the discussion entries.
Peer comment(s):
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franglish
1 hr
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Lancashireman
1 day 22 hrs
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Alison MacG
: Also found this "are greeted with a stiff 600 feet of scree and small talus to the north ridge of 13631. The slip n slide fest takes it out of us" http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/tripreport.php?trip=12150 (although perhaps more suitable for US?)
4 days
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Wish I'd thought of that!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Phil!"
1 hr
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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41
slippery slope
perhaps overly double-entendre-ish?
8 hrs
Michael Martin, MA
United States
United States
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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51
slippery affair
See example below:
"In rainy conditions the trail can quickly turn into a muddy, slippery affair."
"In rainy conditions the trail can quickly turn into a muddy, slippery affair."
Discussion
Merapi (Gunung Api)
It appeared to be clear when we started, but that soon changed as the clouds moved in and we were hit with a hard drizzle as we struggled up the slick lava scree.
http://charleskatz.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/merapi.html
But climbing the volcano is no mean feat - it is 2560 metres high, and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward and two-steps-back edging up frustratingly loose, black lava, scree fields
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=i7fD-Mz1yyQC&pg=PA136&lpg...
Stock Photo - lava scree on slopes of Mount Taranaki
http://www.123rf.com/photo_19035444_lava-scree-on-slopes-of-...
Check out this link :
http://dictionary.reverso.net/german-english/Rutschpartie
Rutschpartie- Gleitpartie (same)