Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Czech term or phrase:
jet na vodu
English translation:
go on/take a canoe trip/paddling trip
Czech term
jet na vodu
May 10, 2009 17:37: Maria Chmelarova changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
May 21, 2009 10:52: Sarka Lhotak Created KOG entry
PRO (3): Igor Liba, Dana Hollcroft, Maria Chmelarova
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Proposed translations
Canada
Biomedical and scientific background.
Native in: Czech 
, English
Works in: Czech to English, English to Czech
go on/take a canoe trip/paddling trip
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-05-10 17:36:02 GMT)
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Pod "jet na vodu" se obycejne ma na mysli nekolikadenni skupinovy vylet, kdy se padluje po proudu reky a v noci tabori na brehu. Nikoliv jit si na par hodin zapadlovat.
We had a great paddling trip to Lake Superior last year.
Czech Republic
Accuracy, reliability and deadlines
Native in: Czech
Works in: Czech to English, English to Czech, Slovak to English
go canoeing
But I'd choose go canoeing, since we can hardly do any rafting in the Czech Rep.
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Note added at 14 mins (2009-05-10 15:47:52 GMT)
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sorry I meant - no "English" equivalent ;-)
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Ivan Šimerka
: Both "to go canoeing/rafting" are the correct expressions my view, may be also to go joy-canoeing
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diky ;)
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Sarka Lhotak
: "go canoeing" by bylo spis nedokonave, tj. jezdit na vodu. Jinak neni pravda, ze to je ceska specialita. Tady se to provozuje na veliko, i kdyz se vic padluje a min pije :).
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no prave v tom je to imho "ceska specialita"...jakmile nekdo rekne "jede se na vodu", okamzite mi na mysli vytanou moje jatra :-)
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Scott Evan Andrews
: nesouhlasil bych ze je to POUZE nedokonave...mohu klidne pouzivat to v pritomnem prubehovem casu (1 krat) that "we are going canoeing this weekend" na priklad.
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diky ;)
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Blanka Salkova
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diky ;)
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Zuzana Holcova
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diky ;)
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United States
31 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE!
Native in: English 
Works in: Czech to English, Slovak to English
take to the water
then you've got
1. go (down) to the (beach, ocean, lake, river)...
(or head up to...depending on where you're at)
without further specifying what you'll do once you get there :)
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Note added at 18 mins (2009-05-10 15:52:07 GMT)
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I do assume one will get in some sort of vessel and navigate some waters, but this must remain general unless the text specifies!!! In other words, if you'll be going on canoes, then Jana's got it just right. In light of your comment, this must be the case...Remember drinking and boating don't mix...you could get water in your beer.
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and if you want water in your beer, go to my country! (sorry for extraneous, but it is non-professional)
| I should have noted, perhaps, that, in this particular case, it is an activity planned by a big company for both their employees and their clients. So, I'm not sure... |
United States
Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Law & more
Native in: Czech (Variant: Standard-Czech)
Works in: English to Czech, English to Slovak, Czech to English, and 1 more.
go river rafting
Native in: Slovak
Works in: English to Slovak, English to Czech, Slovak to English, and 2 more.
floating (down) the river
floating on the river
napr. floating the Snake River a mnoho dalsich prikladov...
boating on the river ( by boat)
podla toho co pisete bez specifickeho (plavidla canoe, kayak or wood...) mat dobry cas nechat s unasat vodou v člne, pospevovat atd.;
skuste si vypisat uvedene ....
| Thanks. The type of boat/raft isn't specified. "<name of the company> goes floating" might work... |
United Kingdom
Czech & Slovak, BA(Hons), MCIL
Native in: English
Works in: Czech to English, Slovak to English
go boating
Obviously, if you want to mention the canoes, then stick with the suggestions already given.
| This might work, Jennifer, thanks a lot for the suggestion! |
to do waterman sports
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterman_(sports)
http://www.czech-mountains.eu/accommodation/description/pens...
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co tak porozmýslat o výraze vodáctvo za ktorý sa skryju vsetky podobne vodácka sporty a vodna turistika
http://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/?w=vodáctvo&s=exact&d=kssj4&d=p...
| Sorry, but the participants are ordinary people. They just want to have fun on anything that floats (often rafts, but not exclusively), paddling slowly down the river, drinking, singing, falling into the river from time to time (un)intentionally. ;-) |
go down the river / descent the river
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a je to vrátane zastávok u každej hospody na brehu -:)
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to non-pro bol preklep
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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2009-05-12 09:42:36 GMT)
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Jedná sa o zamestnancov a zákazníkov - myslím si že by ich určite nevzali trebárs na Jizeru alebo na horný tok Vltavy. Ideálna je na to Sázava - kľudný tok, len pár beypečných splavov, nastúpiš v požičovni člnov a popoludní ich odovzdáš na zbernom mieste. A na brehoch je dostatok hospůdek. Prvýkrát som tam tiež bol na firemnej akcii.
| I don't know...would that work even if the river weren't specified in the announcement? |
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