Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
durer à la mer
English translation:
(designed) for enduring/long-lasting seaworthiness
French term
durer à la mer
Apr 15, 2013 16:43: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
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Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
(designed) for enduring seaworthiness
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for long-lasting seaworthiness
long-lasting endurance
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"enduring" used as an adjective where it mean long-lasting, durable, hardwearing
but of course "long-lasting" can just as easily be substituted as given in the alternatives
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-04-11 18:34:05 GMT)
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and of course "Conçu" can also be translated in different ways but here, where you said it's a slogan (yes, what type? what purpose?) I thought "designed" was better than "built" but either could be used based on the full text.
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glad to have helped
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: "Seaworthiness" is the "mot juste" here. Endurance is implied too. I am supposing you intend "enduring" to be descriptive, but thus expressed, it reads also as a verb.
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Ok, intended as adjective as I think is clear from my alternatives...
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to last at sea
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David Reilly
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Thank you.
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philgoddard
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Thank you Phil.
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: It's an accurate rendering of what is there, but in context, as a slogan, it cld apply to any vessel. I agree with your interpretation of meaning, but for the rendering we need more specific context.
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Thank you Nikki.
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
: the world "last" when talking about a ship makes me think of "list" (as in "the ship is listing"), although that's an entirely personal point of view on my part, and as Nikki has said we don't have much context to go on.
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Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
to withstand the waves
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The longship was very sturdy, and yet flexible enough to withstand the waves of stormy seas
http://www.glen-l.com/weblettr/webletters-12/wl99-viking.htm...
The vessel must be sufficiently seaworthy to withstand the waves of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
http://eps.mcgill.ca/~crowe/EPS350/Perutz_1946_Journal_of_Gl... (incredible article!)
Unfortunately for the Bounty, she wasn't made of steel to withstand the waves.
http://weather.yahoo.com/photos/hms-bounty-slideshow/file-ju...
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Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
Built to last!
If you abandon the idea of a slogan but adopt that of a description, then you would need to adopt a different approach. There, you would need to consider the notion of seaworthiness, for example.
One suggestion made includes something which is between a slogan and a description. "Built to last at sea" does not go far enough in suggesting what type of specific qualities might make her seaworthy. You could also say that any ship is built to last at sea. As a slogan, in English, it almost has the effect of suggesting something so obvious that it should not be questioned.
More context would be helpful. Who has this been written by and to whom is it addressed? What type of vessel ins concerned?
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
: the world "last" when talking about a ship makes me think of "list" (as in "the ship is listing"), although that's an entirely personal point of view on my part, and as you say we don't have much context to go on.
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Canada
Economics, finance and biosciences
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
(built) for the long haul at sea
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robust seaworthy design
A ship that isn't designed to withstand the sea is not much of ship, so you really nead to get across that it's robust and seaworthy. How you do it is up to you.
http://www.888-go-longy.com/legal-definition-of-seaworthines...
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