Driving Directions

[VenusEnvy]

If you find any of the English definitions unclear, or needing improvement, please, tell me. Some were difficult to describe.

Enjoy!!!

 

[belén]

Hello
Wrote some Spanish translations.

Be

 

[cuchuflete]

Added one alternate SP translation, added one in EN

 

[VenusEnvy]

Added a couple of Spanish translations. (If any of them are wrong, don't hesitate to tell me.)

 

[Agnès E.]

I have filled the French columns.

 

[Whodunit]

Added German translations:

 

[Vanda]

Portuguese

 

[VenusEnvy]

Portuguese

Thanks, Vanda! But, I had already made you a Portuguese column! I didn't forget about you.

 

[Vanda]

Thanks, Vanda! But, I had already made you a Portuguese column! I didn't forget about you.

Thank you. I thought I have downloaded the last version.
By the way, I am having some troubles with the definitions; in the end some of them are the same for me . But I'll try to research about the
differences and make any changes whenever necessary.

 

[VenusEnvy]

I added a few new ways to say "turn", using this thread.
Some languages had gender and POS in the same column, so I separated those out.
I also deleted extraneous space, and reformatted.

Enjoy!

 

[VenusEnvy]

Added English and Spanish translations for:
highway, directions, traffic light

 

[Whodunit]

Added English and Spanish translations for:
highway, directions, traffic light

"Traffic light" is a driving direction?

 

[VenusEnvy]

"Traffic light" is a driving direction?

No, it is a word that is often used when giving driving directions:
Turn right at the second traffic light

Should I take it out? . . .

 

[BasedowLives]

No, leave it in

it's an important part of understanding directions.

i've received many directions that involved stoplights.

 

[Andre Balian]

Hi everybody.

I just made an attempt to recruit the help of some italian speakers to fill that part of the spreadsheet. I could maybe do part of it myself, but I'd rather save it for the pros.


I have a few suggestions as well.

I think it would be ideal to have the far left column be a formal (non-slang) column, and perhaps have a slang/alternate column beside it, or possible just group all the alternate phrases together.

Personally, if I were giving directions to a foreigner, I wouldn't say "hang" a left, or especially not "hang a louie". I would probably say "take a left" or "make a left turn". In fact if I was giving directions to anyone in an formal setting I would probably speak this way.

I also suggest the following terms be added, as I commonly hear them in directions.


Before/Just before/right before
After/Just after/right after/just past
Hill (top of hill/bottom of hill)
Bridge
Exit only lane (we have a ton of these in Minnesota)
Roundabout (I wish we had more of these)
Slight right/left (alternate for veer)
Far right/left (very left/right)
Cloverleaf (exit)
EAST, WEST, SOUTH, NORTH!
Tollbooth/toll road (damn illinois!)
STAY in the .... lane
Turn (only) lane

I will gladly edit the sheet myself, but I'd rather not. Besides I have to study for a big exam here... Hope that was helpful

 

[VenusEnvy]

Hi everybody.

Hi Andre!

I have a few suggestions as well.

I think it would be ideal to have the far left column be a formal (non-slang) column, and perhaps have a slang/alternate column beside it, or possible just group all the alternate phrases together.

For the English side only? Or, for every language? This could get complicated . . .

Personally, if I were giving directions to a foreigner, I wouldn't say "hang" a left, or especially not "hang a louie". I would probably say "take a left" or "make a left turn". In fact if I was giving directions to anyone in an formal setting I would probably speak this way.

But, you would to a native?
Well, including the colloquial sayings of each language is part of the fun of learning.

I also suggest the following terms be added, as I commonly hear them in directions.

I will gladly edit the sheet myself, but I'd rather not. Besides I have to study for a big exam here... Hope that was helpful

Yes, but if you don't, someone has to.... me. And, well, this is supposed to be a collaborative effort.
We'd also like to define as much as possible.

For example, I don't even know what a cloverleaf exit is... Some people may not know what a roundabout is. It would help if you defined them.

I'd also like to add that adding to the sheet doesn't take that much work. You simply go in, and add what you'd like to, and save it to your desktop. Then, when you post, label the sheet using the next number, and post!

 

[Andre Balian]

Okay, you're right.

I'll work on it later though. This evening perhaps.

Ps the help of italians is on the way!

 

[Whodunit]

Here's my German contribution again:

I added

• missing German translations
• missing German genders
• two definitions of "Turn only lane" to distinguish them

 

[Mei]

Hi,

I don't understand it, do you want it in other lenguages? I can add catalan one.

Mei

 

[belén]

Hi,

I don't understand it, do you want it in other lenguages? I can add catalan one.

Mei

Yes Mei, check how this forum works here and you can add the Catalan entries if you feel like it.
Thank you,
Belén

 

[Mei]

Well, I just added the translation to Catalan, is everything ok?

As I see, it's not correct... I'll try to solve it.

Thank you

Cheers

Mei

 

[Mei]

Well, I just added the translation to Catalan, is everything ok?

As I see, it's not correct... I'll try to solve it.

Thank you

Cheers

Mei

jejeje, here you have people!!!

Thank you

Mei

 

[VenusEnvy]

Yay, Mei!!

What I did:
fixed the formatting
defined some un-defined English entries
alphabetized
deleted extraneous space



Come on, Italians!!!
Because I defined some more English entries, there are now missing translations in basically every language.
Good luck, people!

 

[Mei]

Yay, Mei!!

Mei

 

[nycphotography]

some more base phrases you may wish to add.

Just after xxx
Just before xxx

At the 3rd xxx

stop light
street light
yield sign
stop sign
intersection

make a hard left
get in the left lane

between the xxx and the yyy

behind the xxx

slow down and look for xxx

hidden
hard to see

on the left side

the speed limit is xxx there

be careful xxx because yyy

go over the xxx
go under the xxx

go all the way around the clover leaf


AND..... THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PHRASE OF THEM ALL...

If you see/reach xxx then you went to far

 

[VenusEnvy]

nyc: Why not add them yourself?......

You can download the last version, add what you'd like (define it, too), save it to your computer as a new version, then attach it! Voila!

 

[nycphotography]

I wasnt sure the protocol ;-)

I'll try to add them shortly.

nyc: Why not add them yourself?......

You can download the last version, add what you'd like (define it, too), save it to your computer as a new version, then attach it! Voila!

 

[nycphotography]

Ok, I updated it with several new source terms in english.

 

[VenusEnvy]

Ok, I updated it with several new source terms in english.

Thanks so much, nyc!!!

Next time, in your post, can you list what exactly you did? It's hard to tell what you added because I think you integrated them alphabetically.



Did you, by any chance, add any translations?.....Just curious...


Overall, great job!

 

[nycphotography]

Basically, I added the terms I indicated I was going to add above, less any that I found already present.

I didnt add any translations... English is the only language I know well enough to give public discourse about.

 

[fenixpollo]

I'm trying to contribute to this glossary, but I'm finding it very hard -- there are at least 3 ways to say "turn" in spanish (girar, doblar, dar vuelta) and at least 3 or 4 ways to say around/about/approximately. Do I add a new row for each one?

Oh, what the heck... here I go:

I added spanish translations; changed several "n"s in the Spanish POS column to "s"; added a few English descriptions.

 

[VenusEnvy]

I'm trying to contribute to this glossary, but I'm finding it very hard -- there are at least 3 ways to say "turn" in spanish (girar, doblar, dar vuelta) and at least 3 or 4 ways to say around/about/approximately. Do I add a new row for each one?

Yes, a new line for each word. It might look like this:

English ......... Spanish
Turn ............. Girar
Turn ............. Doblar
Turn .............Dar vuelta

This thread about Multiple Definitions (it becomes unraveled on post #8) gives a good explanation.

Two main points:
- If the glossaries are ever turned into databases, having more than one translation per line could just screw things up a bit
- Being that we give each word a gender, if two words on one line have different genders, coding them could get confusing for the reader

Thanks for contributing, Fenix!

 

[Mei]

Hi there,

What about "to bend"?

Bend

IIInombre
1 (de carretera, río) curva: we took the bend very fast, cogimos la curva a gran velocidad

Did you forget it?

Mei

 

[VenusEnvy]

Hi there,

Hey, chica!

What about "to bend"?

Bend

IIInombre
1 (de carretera, río) curva: we took the bend very fast, cogimos la curva a gran velocidad

Did you forget it?

I've forgotten lots of words; that's why all of you nice people are here to suggest them.

Keep in mind though, that the noun "bend" and the verb "to bend" are different....

Mei: Do you know how to add it yourself? If so, it'd be great if you could do it...

 

[Mei]

Hey, chica!
Mei: Do you know how to add it yourself? If so, it'd be great if you could do it...

If not, I'll look for it, thanks!

 

[Mei]

Hey, I added "bend"... is it correct?

Cheers

Mei

 

[VenusEnvy]

Hey, I added "bend"... is it correct?

The noun is correct.
But, we don't use it as a verb in this sense.

Gracias por el esfuerzo, chica.

 

[Mei]

The noun is correct.
But, we don't use it as a verb in this sense.

Gracias por el esfuerzo, chica.

Ops, ok, I'll change it! Thanks!

 

[SpiceMan]

Added some in japanese. Should be checked by a native.

 

[Güerita]

Hi,

I'm actually working on driving directions and adresses for work right now and it's great to take a look at this.

I'm not comuter-savvy enough to do it myself (or maybe I just can't figure out the format...!) and get the attachment back up on the forum, but it would be great to add:

"at the corner of xx street and zz street." (en la esquina con la xx y la zz, ¿no? I'm not sure of the prepositions)

Güerita,
slowly learning how the forums work

 

[psicutrinius]

Have added a few in Spanish

 

[Blehh.]

Hm, I learned the commands "sigue" and "dobla" instead of "siga" and "doble" in Spanish. Are there differences in this between Spanish-speaking regions/countries? Or did I just not learn the correct form?

edit: I added the Spanish words for "corner" and "block/half-block."

 

[psicutrinius]

Hi, Blehh

There are, but not in the point you make. That is:

In Spain, we would say "gire" or "gira" instead of "doble" o "dobla".

The difference is that "sigue" and "dobla" (or, as I say, "gira") are both informal using the "tu", and the others (siga, doble and gire) are formal and use the "usted".

But everybody will understand anyway

 

[psicutrinius]

A puzzling one: I have got a mail from WRF as follows:

Hello psicutrinius,

Blehh. has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Driving Directions - in the Multilingual Glossaries forum of WordReference Forums.

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Here is the message that has just been posted:
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Can "go straight" be "sigue derecho" in Spanish? You could also use "dobla a la derecha/izquierda" if you wanted to say "turn left/right," no?
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There may be other replies also, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum again.

Yours,
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And the moment I open the thread I cannot find this post -mine (#43) is the last one I can find.

Anyway, the answer is yes, Blehh. This is prefectly correct

 

[Blehh.]

Ahhh. I see now. Thanks guys.

 

[Paulfromitaly]

Italian added