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dérivés-VP

English translation: car-derived vans


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13:28 Nov 21, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
French term or phrase: dérivés-VP
"Utilitaires légers
...**Les Dérivés-VP** enregistrent un net recul (-14%), dû au contre-effet de la bulle N1. Cette correction à la baisse va probablement conduire le marché total à afficher une croissance quasi-nulle cette année autour de 419 milliers ; le déterminant à cette stagnation n’étant pas économique, mais réglementaire."

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Vicky James
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:43
English translation:car-derived vans
Explanation:
enter véhicule VP as a search term in linguee.com and you get a good number of appropriate hits for the French gloss. Personal knowledge tells me they are called car-derived vans in English.
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Mike Sadler
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:43
Grading comment
Thanks very much!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2car-derived vans
Mike Sadler
Summary of reference entries provided
Car-derived vans
Pascale van Kempen-Herlant

  

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car-derived vans


Explanation:
enter véhicule VP as a search term in linguee.com and you get a good number of appropriate hits for the French gloss. Personal knowledge tells me they are called car-derived vans in English.


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Mike Sadler
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
Thanks very much!

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agree  Pascale van Kempen-Herlant: voir réf.
6 mins
  -> Thanks, Pascale
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
36 mins
  -> Thanks Alistair. Native trilingual! That's impressive.
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Reference comments


20 mins
Reference: Car-derived vans

Reference information:
http://www.iau-idf.fr/fileadmin/Etudes/etude_131/dti_VUL2004...
Les dérivés des véhicules particuliers
Car-Derived Vans dans la nomenclature américaine.
Les dérivés des véhicules particuliers correspondent à l’adaptation de berlines à des besoins professionnels par suppression des places arrières et mise en place d’un plateau...

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant
Netherlands
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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