Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
La prima volta, la prima onda al pipe
English translation:
The first time, the first pipe wave.
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La prima volta, la prima onda al pipe
Italian to English
Marketing
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Press release for surfing fashion collection
This is at the end of an advertising slogan which describes the beauty of surfing in the ocean.
The context reads:
"Posizionarsi perfettamente, affondare un paio di potenti bracciate, prendere velocità e poi alzarsi in piedi sulla tavola. Sentire l’oceano chiudersi attorno e per alcuni secondi vivere in un’altra dimensione che toglie il respiro. La prima volta, la prima onda al pipe"
I assume it is using "volta" to describe the wave action, along with "pipe", which looks like it is related to the cylindrical waves formed at coral reefs. Is that correct?
The context reads:
"Posizionarsi perfettamente, affondare un paio di potenti bracciate, prendere velocità e poi alzarsi in piedi sulla tavola. Sentire l’oceano chiudersi attorno e per alcuni secondi vivere in un’altra dimensione che toglie il respiro. La prima volta, la prima onda al pipe"
I assume it is using "volta" to describe the wave action, along with "pipe", which looks like it is related to the cylindrical waves formed at coral reefs. Is that correct?
Proposed translations
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| 3 | The first time, the first pipe wave. |
mag013
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| 3 | The first time, the first ride in the tube |
Cedric Randolph
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May 1, 2013 00:08: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Marketing"
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The first time, the first pipe wave.
I'm not a surfer and I could be wrong but I read it in an inspiring tone. Those waves are enormous!
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Note added at 32 mins (2013-04-30 21:58:56 GMT)
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*Or the first time, the first wave at the Pipe* meaning it refers specifically to the Pipeline in Hawaii, although *pipe* does not start with a capital letter.
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Note added at 32 mins (2013-04-30 21:58:56 GMT)
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*Or the first time, the first wave at the Pipe* meaning it refers specifically to the Pipeline in Hawaii, although *pipe* does not start with a capital letter.
Example sentence:
It's been a long time since someone's had a second-reef Pipe wave in a contest, but it'd be nice to see."
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The first time, the first ride in the tube
Another possibility. I did grow up in and around the So. Cal. Pacific coast where American surfing was born.
I would translate this without being literal. Onda here is the ride and the pipe, if it is not referring specifically to Pipeline, is called the"tube" in surfing jargon. Being "in the tube" is fundamentally the highest point of any surfer's possibilities in big waves and also has the connotation of "being on top of the world."
I would translate this without being literal. Onda here is the ride and the pipe, if it is not referring specifically to Pipeline, is called the"tube" in surfing jargon. Being "in the tube" is fundamentally the highest point of any surfer's possibilities in big waves and also has the connotation of "being on top of the world."
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