Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
renvoi
English translation:
belay
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renvoi
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Les cordes, les mousquetons et les **renvois** utilisés dans l’escalade indoor doivent en effet pouvoir supporter un nombre élevé d’utilisations et résister aux parois rugueuses ainsi qu’aux sollicitations en top-rope.
I can't find anything about this as a standalone noun, although there is the "point de renvoi". Possibilities include anchor, cammed pulley, ... Experienced climbers, please help!
I can't find anything about this as a standalone noun, although there is the "point de renvoi". Possibilities include anchor, cammed pulley, ... Experienced climbers, please help!
Proposed translations
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| 4 | belay |
Jennifer Levey
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| 4 | pulley |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 3 | directional anchor |
sueaberwoman
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Oct 25, 2009 16:56: mediamatrix (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Note added at 41 mins (2009-10-24 15:01:18 GMT)
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FWIW: A belay/renvoi is a metal loop (often a carabiner) attached (usually via a sling) to the rockface, or at the top of a climing wall. The climber's safety rope runs through the belay and (in theory) if (s)he comes unstuck from the face his/her fall will be arrested by the rope in the belay before (s)he enters into damaging contact with the ground.
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Note added at 41 mins (2009-10-24 15:01:18 GMT)
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FWIW: A belay/renvoi is a metal loop (often a carabiner) attached (usually via a sling) to the rockface, or at the top of a climing wall. The climber's safety rope runs through the belay and (in theory) if (s)he comes unstuck from the face his/her fall will be arrested by the rope in the belay before (s)he enters into damaging contact with the ground.
Peer comment(s):
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B D Finch
: Yes but the explanation is wrong as belaying is done by a 2nd person who can support the climber's weight by effectively forming part of a pulley with the security fixed at the top of the wall, so that they are able to support more than their own weight.
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Belaying certainly involves a second person, but the belay itself is the running anchor safeguarding the climber from a safe point usually (but not always) above the climber's current position.
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Comment: ""renvoi" doesn't really seem to relate to a single product, and perhaps either belay or anchor would have done. Thanks to all. "
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
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pulley
Référence:
J.O. Ketteridge's French/English Dictionary of Technical Terms and Phrases
J.O. Ketteridge's French/English Dictionary of Technical Terms and Phrases
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Jennifer Levey
: That's the translation of 'poulie', not 'renvoi'. See: http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_listing.jsp?FOLDER<>folde... (entre bcp. d'autres)
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In my source "renvoi" is often translated as one kind or another of a "pulley." Unfortunately, my source is hard copy so I can't point it out to you.
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directional anchor
Not a climber though younger family members are, so medium as to confidence. The link is to a multilingual Petzl site that has numbered sections, should you be looking for other vocabulary as well. Petzl is well-known rock climbing equipment company both in France and the US (and elsewhere, I presume), so I expect for safety's sake that their site would be accurate as to info and vocab.
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D15500-02 180202 pour PDF
"Diagram 2 ...It is important to run the leader's rope through a ***directional anchor***. Schéma 2 ....Il est important de créer un ***point de renvoi ***pour la corde du premier ...
http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Alpindienst/service/files/Petzl...
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http://www.indoorclimbing.com/
And there should be all the vocabulary you need