canaulogue

English translation: canal expert / canal enthusiast

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French term or phrase:canaulogue
English translation:canal expert / canal enthusiast
Entered by: Nina Iordache

08:10 Dec 3, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Geography / Canaux de Bourgogne
French term or phrase: canaulogue
This is an expert in canals. But how can I translate this into English, please?
Nina Iordache
Romania
Local time: 02:04
canal expert / canal enthusiast
Explanation:
Either of these, depending on the emphasis implied by the context. I am pretty sure there is no equivalent (such as "canalogist") in English. If there were, it would probably have been used here:

"The World Canals Conference is the opportunity to bring together hundreds of canal enthusiasts, professionals and scholars from around the world, to exchange good practices on canals"
http://inlandwaterwaysinternational.org/world-canals-confere...

"Sonia Rolt was an author and canal expert in her own right"
http://www.ltcrolt.org.uk/sonia.htm
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 01:04
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Charles!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2canal expert / canal enthusiast
Charles Davis
4canal specialist
Jennifer Forbes


  

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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
canal expert / canal enthusiast


Explanation:
Either of these, depending on the emphasis implied by the context. I am pretty sure there is no equivalent (such as "canalogist") in English. If there were, it would probably have been used here:

"The World Canals Conference is the opportunity to bring together hundreds of canal enthusiasts, professionals and scholars from around the world, to exchange good practices on canals"
http://inlandwaterwaysinternational.org/world-canals-confere...

"Sonia Rolt was an author and canal expert in her own right"
http://www.ltcrolt.org.uk/sonia.htm

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Charles!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you both, Charles and Helen. I think I would choose enthusiast, as this seems to be the case in my context.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Hagon: I have lived on the banks of the Leeds to Liverpool canal for much of my life, and have never encountered a specialist term. I would say that an 'expert' is a professional or academic, while an 'enthusiast' does it as a hobby.
32 mins
  -> Thanks, Helen! If you haven't heard one, there almost certainly isn't one. As you say, that's the distinction; I gave both because the fairly scanty references I found to "canaulogues" seemed to include both kinds.

agree  Jean-Claude Gouin: a canal enthusiast ...
3 hrs
  -> Yes! Thank you, J-C :)
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
canal specialist


Explanation:
Another possibility, probably implying a professional rather than a hobbyist. Without more context, we don't know which your man/woman is.

Jennifer Forbes
Local time: 00:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. The context isn't more help as the canal enthusiast or canal specialist is not the target of the text, so to say.

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