"L'orientation inverse"

Translation: The opposite orientation

[laliga]

does this mean "the other way"?

[BlackSea]

yes, the opposite direction

[truddles]

This doesn't mean anything in english. We never say this.

[n6zs]

«Au contraire!» Actually, it does! And we do! «Je suis radio!» I am a radio operator and often rotate (orient) my antenna in different directions as needed to enable communication with different parts of the world.

[DXLi]

You've clearly never studied engineering.

[super_moi]

Yeah, this is quite a poor translation. But honestly we don't really say that in French either.

[northernguy]

If you are the kind of person who talks about orientation in English, then this sentence makes a lot of sense. If you seldom, if ever, use the word then it probably seems unusual.

[anchorage4]

I put the orientation is opposite and got it wrong surely this is the same!

[northernguy]

You added an extra word ...is.

This is a trap students fall into. You wanted to make the phrase have more sense to it so you added an extra word. The computer doesn't see any difference between adding an extra word so it makes more sense or the alternative removal of a word so it makes less sense.

[Purpletigy]

I put " The opposite angle" and it was accepted. :)

[milesnagopaleen]

presumably this means the other way round?

[Wonderboy6]

is orientation frecuently used for a way of saying direction in french?

[Bonniewinkelman]

Is this a verb or adjective? If it is meant as a verb, then wouldn't it be 'opposing'?

[JosipZivkovic]

Orientation is feminine, right?
So why isn't it L'orientation inversée?

[n6zs]

In French, "inverse" does not have a separate masculine and feminine form, just "inverse". http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/inverse/44019

[JosipZivkovic]

Thanks for you reply!
But
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Pyramide_Invers%C3%A9e

Is this some sort of an exception, or?

[n6zs]

No, it is a different word in French. "Inverse" = "opposite" http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/inverse/44019 and "inversé" (f, inversée) = "inverted". http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/invers%C3%A9/657176

[JosipZivkovic]

Oh, so that's it!
Thanks a lot!

[Ellen_Stam]

I thougt it could mean that someone is gay?