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Mar 30, 2010 09:47
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French term

Minime

Non-PRO French to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation football
Any idea which specific age category this refers to (may be just used in Belgium not france...)?
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Mar 30, 2010 10:33: Catharine Cellier-Smart changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

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Non-PRO (3): Chris Hall, writeaway, Catharine Cellier-Smart

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Discussion

Libero_Lang_Lab (asker) Mar 30, 2010:
the points... ... here belong to writeaway, but as he only posted a reference point, i'll close the question. thanks to all.
Libero_Lang_Lab (asker) Mar 30, 2010:
this is what I'm going with so far... Every youth team in the country – over 6,000 in total – is taking part. As well as the ‘minimes’ (U15s) ‘cadets’ (U17s), ‘juniors’ (U19s) and academy sides, girls’ teams also have the chance to compete against one another.
Libero_Lang_Lab (asker) Mar 30, 2010:
Context Toutes les équipes de jeunes, plus de 6000 au total, y prennent part. Aussi bien les minimes, les cadets, les scolaires, les juniors que les filles ont l’occasion de se mesurer les uns aux autres.
Libero_Lang_Lab (asker) Mar 30, 2010:
It is definitely not... ...junior, nor is it minor!
Libero_Lang_Lab (asker) Mar 30, 2010:
Thorny issue I have four categories here in total:
Junior
Minime
Cadet
Scolaire
Each represents a specific age bracket. The most precise translation will indeed be to give the actual age range - either in the format 13-15 or U-16 (which as someone pointed out is the normal way of doing things in English).

Proposed translations

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6 mins

junior (13-15 years of age)

Source: WF online dictionary and Collins Robert.
Peer comment(s):

agree Liliane Hatem : You're first!
6 mins
Many thanks Liliane. Kind regards, Chris.
agree mimi 254
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+1
6 mins

Junior

Collins
Peer comment(s):

agree Chris Hall : Vous avez raison aussi Liliane!
8 mins
Many thanks, Chris :)
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27 mins

minor

I am not sure what sport you are working on... but I vaguely remember when I played hockey at school... we had 3 categories... minors which was up to 13, juniors up to 16 and senior were over 16...
Don't know if this is of any help at all... as even in different sports ther term junior etc has slightly different groupings...

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Football... sorry didn't see that bit...
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46 mins

from 13 to 15 (not considering surclassement)

Minime (U15) : de 13 à 15 ans

but you can use 11 to 15 with surclassement.
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Reference comments

17 mins
Reference:

Reference: found on www

Reference information:
Catégories en football

* Biberon (U7) : 5 ans
* Débutant (U9) : de 6 à 7 ans
* Poussin (U11) : de 8 à 10 ans
* Benjamin (U13) : de 11 à 13 ans
* Minime (U15) : de 13 à 15 ans
* Cadet (U17) : de 15 à 16 ans
* Junior (U19) : de 17 à 19 ans
* Senior : de 19 ans à 35 ans
* Vétéran : au-delà de 35 ans

site FFF
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catégorie_(sports)#Cat.C3.A9gor...
Note from asker:
That's extremely helpful - many thanks!
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree B D Finch : And would apply hjs45's rationale in next Q to call this the "under 15s".
2 mins
agree Gabella inc (X) : Fun!
2 hrs
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