Feb 26, 2005 21:48
19 yrs ago
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French term

cabanoniers

French to English Other Tourism & Travel
Nous sommes ici dans l’univers des cabanons et des cabanoniers.

I am translating for a Kayak magazine. It talks about the creeks in the south of France. Wat is meant by "cabononiers"?

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in Provence a cabanon is a very small house (shed) - I suspect cabanoniers to be the people who ...

live in a cabanon
Peer comment(s):

agree Ghyslaine LE NAGARD : In fact not the people who live in a "cabanon" but the poeple who own one, they are used to store fishing gear and beach equipment, a barbecue and such... used as a "retreat" or "hideway on week-end days and in the summer away from the crowds.
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agree Juan Jacob : Té, con !
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agree Tony M : Yes, the 'hut folk' if you like --- lots of arguments at the moment about evicting them etc.
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agree Philippe C. (X)
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cottagers

In Canada and the US, the term "cottagers" (from "cottage", which is the equivalent of cabanon among other things) is used to describe this type of individual...

Check out the link, it is pretty darn infomrative...
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neutral Tony M : Don't use this term for a UK readership, it has QUITE another connotation !!!!! :-)))
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