Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Les secours en mer
English translation:
Sea Rescue / Lifeguards / Coastguards
Added to glossary by
Drmanu49
May 6, 2011 17:00
13 yrs ago
French term
Les secours en mer
French to English
Other
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
'Alerter les secours en mer' dans une plaquette de securite.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | Sea Rescue / Lifeguards |
Drmanu49
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| 5 +1 | search & rescue |
Jean Lachaud
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| 3 +3 | Depends what and where |
B D Finch
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| 4 | Coast guard(s) |
SafeTex
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| 2 | Maritime Emergency Services |
Clive Phillips
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Change log
May 11, 2011 08:43: Drmanu49 Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+6
3 mins
Selected
Sea Rescue / Lifeguards
National Sea Rescue Institute South Africa
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Member of the International Lifeboat Committee, and of the SASAR Maritime Sub-Committee. The Institutes headquarters are situated in their own building in ...
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25 Jul 2009 ... Three lifeguards involved in the rescue of about 40 people were hailed as heroes after the group fell into the sea when a raised sandbank ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/1/.../8169088.stm
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Life guards or coast guards depending on where the rescue takes place.
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Member of the International Lifeboat Committee, and of the SASAR Maritime Sub-Committee. The Institutes headquarters are situated in their own building in ...
Contact us - Volunteer your time - Ways to Support us - Donate online
25 Jul 2009 ... Three lifeguards involved in the rescue of about 40 people were hailed as heroes after the group fell into the sea when a raised sandbank ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/1/.../8169088.stm
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Life guards or coast guards depending on where the rescue takes place.
Peer comment(s):
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silvester55
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Thank you.
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Michel F. Morin
: Yes, aucun doute for "sea rescue". Plenty of Google hits !
5 mins
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Thank you Michel.
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Andrew Bramhall
: Plenty of google hits doesn't mean it's right- coastguard rescue for U.K. is the correct term.
31 mins
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The UK is not the center of the word. ;-)
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Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
35 mins
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Thank you Alistair.
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Mark Bossanyi
2 hrs
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Thank you Mark.
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cc in nyc
: "sea rescue" sounds like the best alternative to me
5 hrs
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Thank you.
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pooja_chic
: Agree http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=9533618
16 hrs
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Thank you.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "un grand merci!"
+1
28 mins
Jean Lachaud
United States
United States
Native in French
Works in field
United States
Translations that make sense(sm)
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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1
search & rescue
If for a US audience: Coast Guards
Peer comment(s):
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B D Finch
: If the people reading the sign and doing the alerting are the ones in distress, then no search is required.
41 mins
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cc in nyc
: I think you mean "Coast Guard" (no "s") – but wouldn't that be "garde côtière," "garde-côtes" or something like that?
4 hrs
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Absolutely, aka SAR for "search and rescue", standard terminology in international shipping and yacht racing too.
4 hrs
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Drmanu49
: Accord Drmanu49: 5 confidence seems a little high with the current context.
5 hrs
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1 hr
Coast guard(s)
Sea rescue is fine too but not 'lifeguards' in the same suggestion as that is more for a swimming pool or near the beach in my opinion
Peer comment(s):
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cc in nyc
: Wouldn't that be "garde côtière," "garde-côtes" or something like that? In any case, I've never seen "Coast Guards" [plural].
3 hrs
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Drmanu49
: 5 confidence seems a little high with the current context... Life guards btw is not restricted to swimming pools. I still have my qualification.
4 hrs
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5 hrs
Clive Phillips
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Defence/military specialist translator
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Maritime Emergency Services
More general and less specific, to cover rescue both from the shore and on the high seas.
Peer comment(s):
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cc in nyc
: BUt this sounds very specific to me, like the name of a specific department or service.
2 mins
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You're right. I should have put it all in lower case.
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+3
15 mins
Depends what and where
For the UK, it would be the Coastguard. Though the RAF provides an air-sea rescue service, they are part of the combined service coordinated by the Coastguard. There are also lifeguards, for rescue of bathers within swimming distance of the shore, on various beaches who are generally, I believe, employed by the local authority.
Other countries have different arrangements.
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Sea rescue in Britain is coordinated by the Coastguard, a government agency. There are 21 operational centres around the coast and 1000 miles out into the ...
www.coastguard.ukf.net/history.html
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There is also, of course, the National Lifeboat service, staffed by volunteers, who would be called out by the Coastguard if the conditions don't require air-sea rescue or if the weather is unsuitable for a helicopter to be used.
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My republican sympathies must have slipped in there. It is of course the Royal National Lifeboat Institution or RNLI and they, apparently, also manage lifeguards on beaches.
http://www.rnli.org.uk/what_we_do
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Coast Guard (two words) for the US, where it is a part of the military.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard
Other countries have different arrangements.
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Sea rescue in Britain is coordinated by the Coastguard, a government agency. There are 21 operational centres around the coast and 1000 miles out into the ...
www.coastguard.ukf.net/history.html
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Note added at 18 mins (2011-05-06 17:19:13 GMT)
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There is also, of course, the National Lifeboat service, staffed by volunteers, who would be called out by the Coastguard if the conditions don't require air-sea rescue or if the weather is unsuitable for a helicopter to be used.
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Note added at 22 mins (2011-05-06 17:23:29 GMT)
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My republican sympathies must have slipped in there. It is of course the Royal National Lifeboat Institution or RNLI and they, apparently, also manage lifeguards on beaches.
http://www.rnli.org.uk/what_we_do
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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-05-07 08:41:39 GMT)
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Coast Guard (two words) for the US, where it is a part of the military.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: We don't even know where this sign is - it could be on a beach, or on a ship.
46 mins
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Thanks Phil
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, without context we really don't know but one of these should fit
3 hrs
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Thanks gallagy
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SafeTex
: Sorry I didn't see that you had already said this
15 hrs
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Thanks ST
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