Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
Volvopopulation
English translation:
Volvo ownership (population)
Added to glossary by
Iouri Belov
Sep 30, 2002 11:14
21 yrs ago
Swedish term
Finland
Experienced professional translator
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
Works in: English to Russian, Swedish to Russian, French to Russian, and 2 more.
Volvopopulation
Swedish to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
cars
"Sverige är ett bra exempel på detta: ett stort land, till stora delar glest befolkat men samtidigt med en Volvopopulation overstigande en miljon bilar."
... with Volvo ownership in excess of one million cars? Or maybe better variants?
... with Volvo ownership in excess of one million cars? Or maybe better variants?
Proposed translations
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| 4 | ... Volvo ownership |
George Hopkins
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| 5 +2 | Volvo population |
Anette Herbert
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| 4 | Volvo drivers |
Gunilla Zedigh
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| 4 | Volvo car park - or rephrase the sentence |
Peter Linton (X)
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| 3 | with over a million cars/motor vehicles |
Arthur Borges
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| 4 -2 | Volvo fleet |
Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)
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Proposed translations
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Selected
... Volvo ownership
Population is not a word I would use in this context. It's mainly to do with people.
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24 mins
Anette Herbert
Native in Swedish
Medical and health translations
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish
Related KudoZ points
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Volvo population
I think it works fine, it's says what it is supposed to say and it has been used before se ref's.
Peer comment(s):
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Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)
: Är det så lämpligt att ange en referens från en publikation i INDIEN ???
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The fact that you comment in Swedish shows that you are more interested in commenting me than enlightening the asker. My answer is Yes and What is wrong with India anyhow, it is an english speaking country, which funnily enough Sweden is not.
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Glenn Viklund
: I agree: this works fine here.
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Thanks!
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Mario Marcolin
: OK, but are Volvo cars alive?
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Alive and kicking :)
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Volvo fleet
You sometimes use "fleet" when talking avbout a number of cars
Peer comment(s):
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Anette Herbert
: In connetion with a company, organisation, yes, but not generally speaking of a country which the text does. Unless the state owns all the Volvo cars in the country which it does not.
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OK - jag ger mig
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Paul Svensson
: "fleet" feels too coordinated here
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se ovan
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5 hrs
Gunilla Zedigh
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Translations that don't sound translated
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Swedish to English, English, and 3 more.
Volvo drivers
How about-
...with over a million Volvo drivers.
Ananova - Judge criticised for slur against Volvo drivers - ... Ananova: Judge criticised for slur against Volvo drivers. ... He said he sympathised with Watts and is often annoyed himself by slow and timid Volvo drivers. ...
http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_574619.html Search within this site
BBC News | Your Money | Volvo drivers have nothing to fear - ... Thursday, January 28, 1999 Published at 20:55 GMT Business: Your Money Volvo drivers have nothing to fear Fewer boardrooms, just as many showrooms Volvo ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/your_money/newsid_... Search within this site
...with over a million Volvo drivers.
Ananova - Judge criticised for slur against Volvo drivers - ... Ananova: Judge criticised for slur against Volvo drivers. ... He said he sympathised with Watts and is often annoyed himself by slow and timid Volvo drivers. ...
http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_574619.html Search within this site
BBC News | Your Money | Volvo drivers have nothing to fear - ... Thursday, January 28, 1999 Published at 20:55 GMT Business: Your Money Volvo drivers have nothing to fear Fewer boardrooms, just as many showrooms Volvo ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/your_money/newsid_... Search within this site
8 hrs
Volvo car park - or rephrase the sentence
I have occasionally seen the phrase 'car park' used loosely to refer to exactly this - the total number of cars of a particular make in a country. But it is so misleading I would avoid using it, and I would rephrase the last part of the sentence to avoid the word population, with something like
'. . . over a million Volvo cars on the roads / in the country'.
'. . . over a million Volvo cars on the roads / in the country'.
1 day 2 hrs
Arthur Borges
China
China
China
Non-ethnocentric, Concise & Punctual
Works in: English, Swedish to English, French to English
with over a million cars/motor vehicles
I really get the feeling "Volvo" is used figuratively here to only mean "cars". About 1/4 of al cars are Japanese, then there SAABs (now belongs to General Motors) and whatever.
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