jet na vodu

English translation: go on/take a canoe trip/paddling trip

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Czech term or phrase:	jet na vodu
English translation:	go on/take a canoe trip/paddling trip
Entered by:	Sarka Lhotak

15:33 May 10, 2009

Czech to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel / water sports

Czech term or phrase: jet na vodu

If there were no other options, I would probably translate this as "to go rafting". I wonder, however, if this is really precise, since - at least to me - the expression "raft" evokes "rubber rafts" or "inflatable rafts" as well as "white water rafting", but "jet na vodu" can be both much more general and much more...relaxed, you know, often with singing, drinking, and, in fact, moving rather slowly down the river on anything that floats. Do the native speakers of English have a more adequate expression? Thanks a lot for any advice on this!

petusek KudoZ activity Questions: 56 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 05:41

go on/take a canoe trip/paddling trip

Explanation:
Though not a native English speaker I have some expertise in this area :). I go on paddling trips (sea-kayak or canoe) almost every weekend here in Southern Ontario.

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Pod "jet na vodu" se obycejne ma na mysli nekolikadenni skupinovy vylet, kdy se padluje po proudu reky a v noci tabori na brehu. Nikoliv jit si na par hodin zapadlovat.

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Sarka Lhotak
Canada
Local time: 20:41

Grading comment

This seems to be the best suggestion. Thanks a lot for the advice! :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

go canoeing

Jana Bedanova

5 +1

go on/take a canoe trip/paddling trip

Sarka Lhotak

go river rafting

Dana Hollcroft

floating (down) the river

Maria Chmelarova

take to the water

Scott Evan Andrews

go boating

Jennifer Taylor

to do waterman sports

Igor Liba

go down the river / descent the river

Michal Zugec

Answers

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

go canoeing

Explanation:
I don't think there's any Czech equivalent to this specifically Czech event connected particulary with loads of drinking.

But I'd choose go canoeing, since we can hardly do any rafting in the Czech Rep.

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sorry I meant - no "English" equivalent ;-)

Jana Bedanova
Czech Republic
Local time: 05:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Czech

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Ivan Šimerka: Both "to go canoeing/rafting" are the correct expressions my view, may be also to go joy-canoeing

16 mins

-> diky ;)

neutral

Sarka Lhotak: "go canoeing" by bylo spis nedokonave, tj. jezdit na vodu. Jinak neni pravda, ze to je ceska specialita. Tady se to provozuje na veliko, i kdyz se vic padluje a min pije :).

32 mins

-> no prave v tom je to imho "ceska specialita"...jakmile nekdo rekne "jede se na vodu", okamzite mi na mysli vytanou moje jatra :-)

agree

Scott Evan Andrews: nesouhlasil bych ze je to POUZE nedokonave...mohu klidne pouzivat to v pritomnem prubehovem casu (1 krat) that "we are going canoeing this weekend" na priklad.

39 mins

-> diky ;)

agree

Blanka Salkova

16 hrs

-> diky ;)

agree

Zuzana Holcova

1 day 4 hrs

-> diky ;)

5 mins confidence:

take to the water

Explanation:
just one of several options...idiomatic phrase

then you've got
1. go (down) to the (beach, ocean, lake, river)...
(or head up to...depending on where you're at)
without further specifying what you'll do once you get there :)

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I do assume one will get in some sort of vessel and navigate some waters, but this must remain general unless the text specifies!!! In other words, if you'll be going on canoes, then Jana's got it just right. In light of your comment, this must be the case...Remember drinking and boating don't mix...you could get water in your beer.

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and if you want water in your beer, go to my country! (sorry for extraneous, but it is non-professional)

Reference: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/outdoors/outdoor-activities...

Scott Evan Andrews
United States
Local time: 05:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: I should have noted, perhaps, that, in this particular case, it is an activity planned by a big company for both their employees and their clients. So, I'm not sure...

1 hr confidence:

go river rafting

Explanation:
zalezi jake plavidlo uzivate... kayaking, kanoying, etc

Dana Hollcroft
United States
Local time: 20:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Czech

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

go on/take a canoe trip/paddling trip

We had a great paddling trip to Lake Superior last year.

Reference: http://glska.freehostia.com/

Sarka Lhotak
Canada
Local time: 20:41
Native speaker of:

Czech,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

This seems to be the best suggestion. Thanks a lot for the advice! :-)

2 hrs confidence:

floating (down) the river

Explanation:
floats (down) the river,
floating on the river
napr. floating the Snake River a mnoho dalsich prikladov...

boating on the river ( by boat)

podla toho co pisete bez specifickeho (plavidla canoe, kayak or wood...) mat dobry cas nechat s unasat vodou v člne, pospevovat atd.;
skuste si vypisat uvedene ....

Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 23:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Slovak
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks. The type of boat/raft isn't specified. "<name of the company> goes floating" might work...

22 hrs confidence:

go boating

Explanation:
Just an idea for something less specific regarding the type of boat. It also implies leisure, fun and alcohol may be included!
Obviously, if you want to mention the canoes, then stick with the suggestions already given.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boating

Jennifer Taylor
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: This might work, Jennifer, thanks a lot for the suggestion!

32 mins confidence:

to do waterman sports

Explanation:
The term waterman (or, more recently, waterperson) is sometimes used in the extreme sports community to denote a skilled and well respected athlete of broad and multiple aquatic skill, e.g., in surfing, bodyboarding, free diving, canoe paddling, whitewater rafting, etc. http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/357454

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterman_(sports)

http://www.czech-mountains.eu/accommodation/description/pens...

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co tak porozmýslat o výraze vodáctvo za ktorý sa skryju vsetky podobne vodácka sporty a vodna turistika

http://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/?w=vodáctvo&s=exact&d=kssj4&d=p...

Igor Liba
Slovakia
Local time: 05:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Slovak

Notes to answerer

Asker: Sorry, but the participants are ordinary people. They just want to have fun on anything that floats (often rafts, but not exclusively), paddling slowly down the river, drinking, singing, falling into the river from time to time (un)intentionally. ;-)

36 mins confidence:

go down the river / descent the river

Explanation:
raz som splavoval Sázavu s Austrálčanmi a pokiaľ sa pamätám, oni hovorili že ideme "down the river"

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a je to vrátane zastávok u každej hospody na brehu -:)

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to non-pro bol preklep

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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2009-05-12 09:42:36 GMT)
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Jedná sa o zamestnancov a zákazníkov - myslím si že by ich určite nevzali trebárs na Jizeru alebo na horný tok Vltavy. Ideálna je na to Sázava - kľudný tok, len pár beypečných splavov, nastúpiš v požičovni člnov a popoludní ich odovzdáš na zbernom mieste. A na brehoch je dostatok hospůdek. Prvýkrát som tam tiež bol na firemnej akcii.

Reference: http://www.sellavirtual.com/eng/

Michal Zugec
Slovakia
Local time: 05:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Slovak

Notes to answerer

Asker: I don't know...would that work even if the river weren't specified in the announcement?

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