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English translation: eco-citizen

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French term or phrase:	écocitoyen
English translation:	eco-citizen
Entered by:	Sasha Barral

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14:44 Jul 15, 2009

French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / ecology, environment

French term or phrase: écocitoyen

À l’occasion des cinq ans du New Shopping Bag, sac de courses réutilisable en nylon lancé par Masja Van Deursen et Silvia Vergeer, du studio Beige, l’équipe lance un journal écocitoyen rédigé en Helvetica.

Sasha Barral KudoZ activity Questions: 151 (1 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 2 France
Local time: 23:45

eco-citizen

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savtrad
Local time: 23:45

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Summary of answers provided

4 +6

eco-citizen

savtrad

a paper for the environmentally aware

Susanna Garcia

eco-conscious

Amanda Ménage

green (enviro-friendly) journal

Timothy Rake

environmentally responsible (newspaper, mag)

xxxBourth

ecologically-minded readers/citizens

Colin Rowe

Environmental citizen

TesCor -

Answers

7 mins confidence:

eco-conscious

Explanation:
an eco-concious newspaper

Amanda Ménage
France
Local time: 23:45
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

eco-citizen

Explanation:
Sounds as clumsy in English as it does in French, but it is widely used to mean, as Colin says, someone who is ecologically-minded - aware of the environmental impact of their existence.

See use of the term in these links:

http://www.csreurope.org/news.php?type=&action=show_news&new...

Reference: http://ec.europa.eu/research/headlines/news/article_04_06_16...
Reference: http://www.beliefnet.com/Holistic-Living/2008/09/10-Tips-to-...

savtrad
Local time: 23:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

9 mins confidence:

Environmental citizen

Explanation:
What about an eco-citizen...?

TesCor -
Local time: 17:45
Native speaker of:

English

2 mins confidence:

ecologically-minded readers/citizens

Explanation:
i.e. a newspaper for ecologically-minded readers

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-07-15 14:54:29 GMT)
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For that matter (not surprisingly, I suppose), the obvious "eco-citizens" googles rather better than I had expected.

So, "a newspaper for eco-citizens" as an alternative possibility!

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-07-15 14:55:51 GMT)
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Ah, as TesCor and savtrad have also just suggested while I was posting!

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 23:45
Native speaker of:

English

17 mins confidence:

a paper for the environmentally aware

Explanation:
another take away from the more literal

Susanna Garcia
Local time: 22:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

22 mins confidence:

environmentally responsible (newspaper, mag)

Explanation:
Note that citoyen can carry the notion of "ethically/socially/environmentally RESPONSIBLE", as in expressions like geste citoyen. Ecocitoyen is more precise, confining the meaning to "ECOLOGICALLY responsible". So it may contain jokes about niggers and Chinks and Rosbifs and Belgians, or denigrate the handicapped and the unemployed. Or maybe not, if the only ecological thing about it is that the Helvetica font uses less ink than others? Or is it the "in" way of saying Switzerland?

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Note added at 24 mins (2009-07-15 15:08:12 GMT)
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Bref, to capture the intended meaning, we need to know more about this paper/mag, who it's aimed at, what it's printed on, what it writes about, etc.

xxxBourth
Local time: 23:45
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 42

2 hrs confidence:

green (enviro-friendly) journal

Explanation:
If this is for the USA, the simple term "green" would likely be widely understood as eco-friendly, or environmentally sensitive

Timothy Rake
Local time: 14:45
Native speaker of:

English

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