Orienteering Expressions
Orientering, kontroll, kompass — Sweden's own forest sport.
Orienteering, Sweden's thinking-person's sport, at full technical depth: map symbols and colour codes, bearings and attack points, bom analysis, O-Ringen and 25manna — down to the wet feet and total silence in your head.
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orientering
orienteering
Tip: lit. the same — 'OL' for short.
- 2
en orienteringskarta
an orienteering map
Tip: lit. the same — scale 1:10 000, usually.
- 3
en kompass
a compass
Tip: lit. the same.
- 4
en tumkompass
a thumb compass
Tip: lit. the same.
- 5
en kontroll
a control
Tip: lit. the same — the orange-and-white flag.
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en kontrollpunkt
a control point
Tip: lit. the same.
- 7
en kontrollbeskrivning
a control description
Tip: lit. the same.
- 8
en stämpelbricka
a punch card
Tip: lit. the same.
- 9
en elektronisk pinne
an electronic chip
Tip: lit. the same.
- 10
stämpla en kontroll
to punch a control
Tip: lit. the same.
- 11
en bana
a course
Tip: lit. the same.
- 12
en sträcka
a leg
Tip: lit. the same — between two controls.
- 13
ett vägval
a route choice
Tip: lit. the same — the whole sport in one word.
- 14
runt eller rakt
round or straight
Tip: lit. the same.
- 15
snabbast är sällan kortast
the fastest is rarely the shortest
Tip: lit. the same.
- 16
ta en bäring
to take a bearing
Tip: lit. the same.
- 17
springa på kompassen
to run on the compass
Tip: lit. the same.
- 18
räkna steg
to count paces
Tip: lit. the same.
- 19
en anfallspunkt
an attack point
Tip: lit. the same — a clear feature near the control.
- 20
en uppfångare
a catching feature
Tip: lit. the same — what stops you if you overshoot.
- 21
en ledstång
a handrail
Tip: lit. the same — a path or stream you follow.
- 22
en höjdkurva
a contour line
Tip: lit. the same.
- 23
en kulle
a knoll
Tip: lit. the same.
- 24
en grop
a depression
Tip: lit. the same.
- 25
en myr
a marsh
Tip: lit. the same.
- 26
ett block
a boulder
Tip: lit. the same.
- 27
en klippa
a cliff
Tip: lit. the same.
- 28
vit skog är löpbar
white forest is runnable
Tip: lit. the same — on a Swedish map white means open forest.
- 29
grön skog är tät
green forest is thick
Tip: lit. the same — and slow.
- 30
mörkgrönt är en vägg
dark green is a wall
Tip: lit. the same.
- 31
kämpa sig genom snår
to fight through undergrowth
Tip: lit. the same.
- 32
tappa kartkontakten
to lose contact with the map
Tip: lit. the same — the moment it goes wrong.
- 33
stanna och lokalisera sig
to stop and relocate
Tip: lit. the same.
- 34
gå tillbaka till senast säkra punkt
to go back to the last known point
Tip: lit. the same.
- 35
en tvåminutersbom
a two-minute mistake
Tip: lit. the same — 'bom' is the word for an error.
- 36
en masstart
a mass start
Tip: lit. the same.
- 37
ett startintervall
a start interval
Tip: lit. the same.
- 38
en målfålla
a finish chute
Tip: lit. the same.
- 39
en sträcktid
a split time
Tip: lit. the same.
- 40
analysera efteråt
to analyse afterwards
Tip: lit. the same.
- 41
en stafett
a relay
Tip: lit. the same.
- 42
en nattorientering
a night orienteering event
Tip: lit. the same — with a head torch.
- 43
världens största stafett
the biggest relay in the world
Tip: lit. the same — Tiomila.
- 44
en femdagars
a five-day event
Tip: lit. the same — O-Ringen, twenty thousand runners.
- 45
en hel familj i skogen
a whole family in the forest
Tip: lit. the same.
- 46
en nybörjarbana med snitslar
a beginners' course with markings
Tip: lit. the same.
- 47
blöta fötter alltid
wet feet always
Tip: lit. the same.
- 48
rivna ben
scratched legs
Tip: lit. the same.
- 49
och total koncentration
and complete concentration
Tip: lit. the same.
- 50
inget annat finns där ute
nothing else exists out there
Tip: lit. the same.