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Mar 15, 2009 21:37
15 yrs ago
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German term

vorlegen

German to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation Golf
Der Longhitter sollte vorlegen um den Bunker mitten auf der Fairway zu vermeiden.

...and later...

Der schwächere Spieler sollte auf das riesige Vorgrün vorlegen und mit Chip und Putt sein Par zu spielen versuchen.

What are these players being advised to do? The dictionaries have plenty of suggestions concerning 'vorlegen' as a transitive verb, but relatively few for its use as an intransitive verb.

Thanks in advance. AJS
Proposed translations (English)
5 +3 lay up
4 play it short
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Lancashireman (asker) Mar 17, 2009:
Many thanks: 1) to Cilian for the rapid response and explaining the concept; 2) to Herr Misternau for supplying the technical term; 3) to Dr Jo for this excellent glossary that I shall treasure for the remainder of this assignment and beyond.

Proposed translations

+3
2 hrs
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lay up

The German seems to be a translation of this commonly used English expression.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2009-03-16 15:47:21 GMT)
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The French don't even bother to translate it!
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/sports_fitness_r...
Reference:

http://golf.about.com/od/golfterms/g/bldef_layup.htm

Peer comment(s):
agree Cilian O'Tuama : same thing, seems to be more common alright, "to play" short" + "golf" gets fewer googles. I'd understand lay up, but it would never occur to me to use it, Whatever that means.// "lay it up short" (a combination of both) also works.
1 hr
"Short" would work in Andrew's second case: lay up short of the very large (or wide) apron (or fringe) and try to make par (or get down in 2) from there with a chip and a putt. "Lay up" can stand alone in the first case.
agree mary austria : Same as Cilian!
8 hrs
Herzliche Grüße aus Salzburg!
agree jccantrell : This is the right term for this in golf here in the USA. --XX-- Moved offshore to save on taxes!
14 hrs
JC, the pin location on the map on your ProZ profile page makes it look like you curently lie in international waters!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
14 mins

play it short

e.g. sometimes, rather than hitting the ball as far as you can, it's advisable to choose a shorter club and play short of your target so as to avoid a hazard, e.g. water, bunkers...
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Definition

Lay up
Den Ball nur vorlegen, um Hindernissen aus dem Weg zu gehen.
http://progolf-hh.de/html/i_l.html
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