Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
roulotte-gîte
English translation:
horse drawn / gypsy caravan
French term
United Kingdom
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
roulotte-gîte
"Laissez-vous séduire par le confort et le charme exceptionnels de cette roulotte-gîte."
I've used 'caravan' for 'roulotte' earlier on in the document, so I was thinking 'this gîte on wheels' here, then I decided this was probably too colloquial here, although the text is fairly informal.
What does everyone think?
Regards,
Vicky
| 4 +9 | horse drawn / gypsy caravan |
KathyPro
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| 4 +2 | gypsy wagon |
berg
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| 3 +1 | home on wheels / motor home |
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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| 4 | Mobile lodge |
Michel F. Morin
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| 4 | railway carriage chalet/holiday home |
B D Finch
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| 3 | horse-drawn self-catering caravan |
Euqinimod (X)
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| 3 | camping car |
Leanne Leroy (X)
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Non-PRO (2): writeaway, Graham macLachlan
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Proposed translations
horse drawn / gypsy caravan
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-07-31 21:11:19 GMT)
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Especially in a rural setting - where ancient gypsy caravans are done up and let out to visitors during the holiday seasons...
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writeaway
: here is the actual context: http://www.lafosseauxchevaux.com/page_1.html
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Thanks!
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Charlie Bavington
: judging from the picture, that's what it is alright.
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Thanks!
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Melzie
: I'd go for gypsy caravan as they are often static and horse-drawn would imply that you'd be going somewhere, this is also available as a holiday but not in this context.
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Yes, both types of holiday exist - not having Virginia's full context I considered them both as possibilities. Thanks!
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Graham macLachlan
: apparently without the horse
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:-) Thanks!
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Emma Paulay
: http://www.underthethatch.co.uk/accommodation/rcww.php
10 hrs
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Thanks!
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Vicky James
: or, as berg says, a gypsy wagon
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Thanks!
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Clair Pickworth
: I would say gypsy caravan, I'm guessing it's this kind of thing http://www.cottage-holiday-wales.co.uk/romany_gypsy_caravan_...
16 hrs
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SME
: Yes, providing this is the case. Probably without the horse though. You should be able to decide from the info you've been given....
22 hrs
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roisin56
3 days 1 hr
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Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
home on wheels / motor home
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beatriz707 (X)
3 mins
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Gracias, Beatriz:)
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jean-jacques alexandre
: no motor here, just horses
10 hrs
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Thanks, Jean-Jacques, I didn't realize...
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horse-drawn self-catering caravan
Mobile lodge
gypsy wagon
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Graham macLachlan
9 hrs
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Thanks Graham
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jean-jacques alexandre
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Thanks Jean-Jacques
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camping car
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-31 22:43:57 GMT)
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Oh, I read that as though you were going to use gîte! Yes, in American English things on wheels works. :)
| It must be a British thing - we use it quite a lot - anything can be 'on wheels'! - e.g. 'a shed on wheels' for an old banger of a car. |
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berg
: camping car has an engine, a "roulotte" does not, it is either static or pulled
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railway carriage chalet/holiday home
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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-08-01 08:22:44 GMT)
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Have now seen the note that writeaway's site is not the one, so perhaps it isn't a railway carriage after all. They do make good holiday accommodation though.
| Writeaway found the wrong website - that's not the text I'm translating. I know they use the same word but I can't be sure they're referring to exactly the same type of accommodation. |
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