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French translation: une voiture avare de carburant


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English term or phrase:gas miser
French translation:une voiture avare de carburant
Entered by: FX Fraipont
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22:50 Jan 4, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / hybrid cars
English term or phrase: gas miser
Bonjour,

je traduis un texte parlant d'une voiture hybride dernier cri. Dans la phrase suivante, je ne connais pas le terme "gas miser", et malgré mes recherches, je n'ai pas trouvé de traduction. Auriez-vous une idée ?

"The big challenge for engineers is to produce a gas miser that gets to highway's feed as fast as any big car, with only a tiny engine, an electric motor and a big set of batteries."
blan
Local time: 01:47
une voiture avare de carburant
Explanation:
pour garder l'idée

"Opel va enthousiasmer les visiteurs du Salon automobile de Genève le 4 mars ... Nouvelle Corsa : avare de carburant. Autre exemple de la volonté d'Opel de ...
http://www.opel-ampera.com/.../Opel-at-Geneva-One-premiere-o... "


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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-01-05 09:19:30 GMT)
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un économiseur de carburant est un accessoire qui réduit al consommation.
Un "miser" est un avare - ici, c'est appliqué au véhicule dans son ensemble. La voiture est "l'avare".

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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-01-05 09:25:42 GMT)
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"Buy a gas miser! Top 10 fuel-efficient vehicles

You can't do much to reduce the cost of each fill-up, but you can learn to drive smarter and be a fuel miser. By changing some driving habits and keeping your vehicle in top condition, you can increase your fuel mileage.

If you are in the market for a new vehicle, or are sick of emptying your wallet to fill your gas tank, consider buying a fuel-efficient car.
Honda Insight 66 mpg
Toyota Prius 50 mpg
Volkswagen Golf GLD TDI 54 mpg
http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/buy-a-gas-miser-top-10-...

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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-01-05 14:37:29 GMT)
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"a gas miser that gets to highway speed as fast as any big car" : it just can't be a device.
Selected response from:

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 01:47
Grading comment
Très bien, merci.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2une voiture avare de carburant
FX Fraipont
4 +2économiseur de carburantProelec
4 +1un moteur économe (en carburant)
MehdiCaps
1 -1mixeur (de) carburant
claudiabi


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): -1
mixeur (de) carburant


Explanation:
Oui, c'est un peu loufoque comme idée ;-) ...
Je l'ai trouvée ici:
http://www.faiteslepleindavenir.com/2009/10/23/produire-son-...
De là à imaginer la doloréane de « Retour vers le futur « et son « mixeur-composteur-carburant » opérationnel, il n’y a qu’un pas (et pas mal de technologie quand même)…


claudiabi
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: It's not 'mixer' but 'miser' = 'avare'
7 mins
  -> thanks Tony

neutral  MehdiCaps: En tout cas, l'article en lien est amusant et intéressant. ;)
12 mins
  -> :-D
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
un moteur économe (en carburant)


Explanation:


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Note added at 10 minutes (2011-01-04 23:01:23 GMT)
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Dans ce cas, c'est sûrement l'engin entier, le dragster, qui est le gas miser (l'avare en carburant), mais en français on attribuerait plutôt la sobriété au moteur.

D'ailleurs, sobre est aussi une option, mais justement, le terme est un peu sobre. ;)

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Note added at 30 minutes (2011-01-04 23:21:46 GMT)
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Donc, pour se conformer à la recommandation très juste de Tony : un engin économe en carburant. Engin, bolide, dragster, whatever...

MehdiCaps
France
Local time: 01:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: But I think here, it's important to speak of the vehicle as a whole
16 mins
  -> OK, thanks, Tony, you're certainly right.

agree  JL01: On ne parle plus de dragster, apparemment...
29 mins
  -> Merci. OK, désolé, j'ai du mal à suivre, héhé. ;)

neutral  kashew: see T's comment. And it's compared to any big CAR.
10 hrs
  -> Yes, I gave a second proposition in the notes, taking Tony's advice into consideration. My first idea was that it makes more sense to apply it to the engine, in French, but I may be wrong, and it may not fit the rest of the sentence.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
économiseur de carburant


Explanation:
Une autre suggestion ....
C'est bien l'idée ???

Proelec
France
Local time: 01:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 439

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
8 mins
  -> Merci bien pour le soutien et mes meilleurs voeux pour 2011.

agree  mimi 254
2 hrs
  -> Merci bien pour le soutien et mes meilleurs voeux pour 2011.

neutral  Tony M: Wouldn't this refer to a device, rather than to the vehicle overall? Cf. "a gas miser that gets to highway speed as fast as any big car"? Surely the comparison is thus with a car?
2 hrs
  -> In my opinion this is effectively a device. The rest of the sentence concerns also other vehicle parts, tiny engine, electric motor and big set of baterries.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
une voiture avare de carburant


Explanation:
pour garder l'idée

"Opel va enthousiasmer les visiteurs du Salon automobile de Genève le 4 mars ... Nouvelle Corsa : avare de carburant. Autre exemple de la volonté d'Opel de ...
http://www.opel-ampera.com/.../Opel-at-Geneva-One-premiere-o... "


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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-01-05 09:19:30 GMT)
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un économiseur de carburant est un accessoire qui réduit al consommation.
Un "miser" est un avare - ici, c'est appliqué au véhicule dans son ensemble. La voiture est "l'avare".

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Note added at 10 hrs (2011-01-05 09:25:42 GMT)
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"Buy a gas miser! Top 10 fuel-efficient vehicles

You can't do much to reduce the cost of each fill-up, but you can learn to drive smarter and be a fuel miser. By changing some driving habits and keeping your vehicle in top condition, you can increase your fuel mileage.

If you are in the market for a new vehicle, or are sick of emptying your wallet to fill your gas tank, consider buying a fuel-efficient car.
Honda Insight 66 mpg
Toyota Prius 50 mpg
Volkswagen Golf GLD TDI 54 mpg
http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/buy-a-gas-miser-top-10-...

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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-01-05 14:37:29 GMT)
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"a gas miser that gets to highway speed as fast as any big car" : it just can't be a device.

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 01:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 878
Grading comment
Très bien, merci.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: right tone
3 hrs
  -> thanks

agree  Jean Drescher: Ayant été abonné pendant plus de 10 ans à une revue automobile US, je confirme que c'est bien de la voiture complète dont il est question et non pas un accessoire...
8 hrs
  -> merci
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