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English: Mountain Time Zone

French translation: heure des Rocheuses







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English term or phrase: Mountain Time Zone
French translation:heure des Rocheuses
Entered by:Lany Chabot-Laroche
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Science - Geography
English term or phrase: Mountain Time Zone
Mountain Time Zone, as opposed to East, Central and Pacific time zones.

Thank you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Time_Zone
Lany Chabot-Laroche
Canada
Clarification request(s) and response
Lany Chabot-Laroche: 8:36pm Mar 25, 2008: Since I have official equivalents for all the other zones mentionned, I have to keep a French equivalent.
NancyLynn: 8:50pm Mar 25, 2008: I see my ref. is cut off - it`s from the GDT.

heure des Rocheuses
Explanation:
mountain standard time
[United States]
heure normale des Rocheuses n. f.
.
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Sous-entrée(s) : .


abréviation(s)
mst
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NancyLynn
Canada
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5 +2heure des Rocheuses
NancyLynn
4stays in EnglishNewCal


  


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mountain time zone heure des Rocheuses

Explanation:
mountain standard time
[United States]
heure normale des Rocheuses n. f.
.
.

Sous-entrée(s) : .


abréviation(s)
mst

NancyLynn
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral wolfheart: MST couvre beaucoup plus que les Rocheuses (i.e. Utah, ...)
38 mins
  -> Mountain Time = Rocky Mountains, including the Rocky Mountain states such as Utah, and Rocky Moutain provinces such as Alberta.

agree Jonathan MacKerron: in Canada "Heure Normale des Rocheuses"
58 mins
  -> yep, thanks Jonathan!

agree phd-translator
1 hr
  -> thanks phd-translator!
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mountain time zone stays in English

Explanation:
sur plusieurs documents y compris celui ci-dessous les noms sont conservés en anglais voir:
http://www.linternaute.com/voyage/etats-unis/vie-pratique/

NewCal
New Caledonia
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree wolfheart: ce serait STD ;-) absolument - MST (Mountain Standard Time) = GMT -7
24 mins
  -> ...et non pas les Maladies Sexuellement Transmissibles !

disagree phd-translator: The asker is from Canada, and in Canada, we do translate the names of Canadian time zones.
1 hr
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