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un petit temps de préférence

English translation: gentle breeze preferably

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French term or phrase:un petit temps de préférence
English translation:gentle breeze preferably
Entered by: Brian Cleveland

18:50 Jul 7, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime / Description of yacht features
French term or phrase: un petit temps de préférence
The sentence is: "La vitesse de croisière est de 6-7 nœuds avec un petit temps de préférence." and is a description of the yacht in question.

Does this phrase mean you have to wait a while for it to get up to that speed? Something else?

Thanks
Brian Cleveland
Local time: 02:07
gentle breeze preferably
Explanation:
une suggestion...

force 2 light breeze légère brise
force 3 gentle breeze petite brise
Selected response from:

florence metzger
Local time: 09:07
Grading comment
Thank you for blowing me back on course!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3gentle breeze preferably
florence metzger
3and, ideally, it doesn't take too long to get to that point/speed
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4 -1a short time
Shilpa Majumdar


Discussion entries: 2





  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
gentle breeze preferably


Explanation:
une suggestion...

force 2 light breeze légère brise
force 3 gentle breeze petite brise

florence metzger
Local time: 09:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 63
Grading comment
Thank you for blowing me back on course!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Of course, it is likely talking about the wind, not the time! Thank you for that.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José Patrício
12 mins
  -> merci
agree  Michele Fauble
21 hrs
  -> merci
agree  Daryo: makes perfect sense!
1 day 9 hrs
  -> merci
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
and, ideally, it doesn't take too long to get to that point/speed


Explanation:
"under ideal circumstances, it doesn't take to long to get to that point/speed"

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 03:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yolanda.
disagree  Daryo: this is not a racing car - they couldn't care less about that.
1 day 9 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
a short time


Explanation:
The yacht will achieve the said speed in a short time span.

Shilpa Majumdar
India
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daryo: this is not a racing car - they couldn't care less about that.
17 hrs
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