Urgent translation question, not diabetes related

[Antje77]

My friend needs a translation of a particular type of unpaved road.
Who better to ask than my favourite friendly group of native speakers!

In Dutch it's called grintpad/paadje (if paved with gravel) or schelpenpad/paadje (if paved with broken seashells).
It's meant for pedestrians or the occasional bike, often located in a pretty and green area like a park.

So what's it called in English?

 

[Rachox]

I would just call it a gravel path!

 

[Antje77]

I would just call it a gravel path!

Thanks!
Would you call it a gravel path if it was paved with broken seashells as well?

 

[Rachox]

Thanks!
Would you call it a gravel path if it was paved with broken seashells as well?

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sea shell path, so I have no clue what to call it except sea shell path!

 

[Antje77]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sea shell path, so I have no clue what to call it except sea shell path!

They're very common around here, especially in places close to the sea.

@Annb , you live on an island, do you have sea shell paths where you live?

 

[EllieM]

A path paved with loose sea shells?

 

[Mrs T 123]

My friend needs a translation of a particular type of unpaved road.
Who better to ask than my favourite friendly group of native speakers!

In Dutch it's called grintpad/paadje (if paved with gravel) or schelpenpad/paadje (if paved with broken seashells).
It's meant for pedestrians or the occasional bike, often located in a pretty and green area like a park.

So what's it called in English?

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I would just describe it as a gravel and sea shell path

 

[Rachox]

They're very common around here, especially in places close to the sea

I live in land locked Oxford!

 

[Antje77]

I live in land locked Oxford!

Not your fault @Rachox , such a thing can happen to the best of us!

 

[Rachox]

Not your fault @Rachox , such a thing can happen to the best of us!

No worries I grew up by the seaside, I chose to move inland!

 

[EllieM]

Crushed sea shell gravel path?

 

[Antje77]

Crushed sea shell gravel path?

It's starting to look there isn't a dedicated word for a schelpenpaadje in English!
I guess she'll have to go with gravel path.

 

[EllieM]

Is this fiction/travelog or an order for a landscaping project? If the latter then you definitely need shells in there. No, I don't think there's a dedicated word, though shell path is what google comes up with and has a certain charm.

 

[Antje77]

Is this fiction/travelog or an order for a landscaping project?

Neither. She's translating cards for a walking 'game' to use in homes for people who are living with multiple mental and/or physical disabilities. The cards describe small activities to do outside to make walks and talks with clients more interesting.

The cards were developed by a friend of hers, who has asked her for help translating them to English.
I think it's very cool, and very useful, hence my asking here.

Here are a couple of links, I hope Google will offer to translate for you:

Blog

Verbeter de zorg voor mensen met dementie en verstandelijke beperking met persoonsgerichte zorg en positieve gedragsbeïnvloeding.

www.studiearena.nl

WandelAnders

Wandel anders met Wandelanders! Met de kaartjes van Wandelanders heeft u een kant-en-klare speurtocht in uw eigen omgeving voor het grijpen. Er zijn 12 verschillende thema’s uitgewerkt waarbij u ‘mindful’ uw omgeving, waarin u uw dagelijkse rondje doet, telkens op een andere manier bewust kunt...

www.spelplus.nl

 

[Paul_]

My friend needs a translation of a particular type of unpaved road.
Who better to ask than my favourite friendly group of native speakers!

In Dutch it's called grintpad/paadje (if paved with gravel) or schelpenpad/paadje (if paved with broken seashells).
It's meant for pedestrians or the occasional bike, often located in a pretty and green area like a park.

So what's it called in English?

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I'm no expert, but I was pretty sure there were different types of gravel path. On googling it, there are:

The Ultimate Guide to Gravel - Decorative Aggregates

Gravel reduces garden upkeep, plus it’s economical and easy to work with. It instantly transforms a garden, drive, path or pond, making it a hugely popular aggregate.

decorativeaggregates.com

Edit - I've just read your latest post and I posted the above with the assumption it was for a home improvement purpose, so probably best to just ignore me!

 

[Rachox]

This is what Google translate says:

 

[Antje77]

I'm no expert, but I was pretty sure there were different types of gravel path. On googling it, there are:

The Ultimate Guide to Gravel - Decorative Aggregates

Gravel reduces garden upkeep, plus it’s economical and easy to work with. It instantly transforms a garden, drive, path or pond, making it a hugely popular aggregate.

decorativeaggregates.com

Edit - I've just read your latest post and I posted the above with the assumption it was for a home improvement purpose, so probably best to just ignore me!

Doesn't make it any less friendly or less funny!
If anything, it shows the importance of context with any question.

 

[Paul_]

Doesn't make it any less friendly or less funny!
If anything, it shows the importance of context with any question.

More importantly, you now have the ULTIMATE guide to gravel! What more could you have wanted on a Saturday night?

 

[Antje77]

This is what Google translate says:

We got that far, but the problem with google translate is that you never know if it's giving you a literal translation or something that is actually used by native speakers.
Literal translations can turn out very wrong!

 

[Antje77]

More importantly, you now have the ULTIMATE guide to gravel! What more could you have wanted on a Saturday night?

Lucky me!

I can think of a few things though: A large bag of cheese and onion crisps without a BG spike (or getting fatter for that matter, if wishes are free today), and a way to get my swimming suit dry before the very cold swim I promised to have tomorrow. And that's just for starters!