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un rayon d'une heure de deplacement

English translation: within one hour's travelling distance

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French term or phrase:un rayon d'une heure de deplacement
English translation:within one hour's travelling distance
Entered by: Helen Jordan

09:59 Feb 24, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: un rayon d'une heure de deplacement
In a newspaper article

La société totalise 40 agences et opérant dans un rayon d'une heure de déplacement.

TIA for any help
Helen Jordan
Local time: 11:01
within one hour's travelling distance
Explanation:
IMO, it is not necessary in English to copy the 'radius' idea, it is taken for granted in the idea of travelling distance, and this is the way I would find most natural to express it...
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Tony M
France
Local time: 12:01
Grading comment
Thanks!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5one-hour travel/driving radius
Aisha Maniar
4 +4within one hour's travelling distance
Tony M
4one hour radius
Jocelyne S


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
one hour radius


Explanation:
displacements within a one hour radius

Jocelyne S
France
Local time: 12:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
one-hour travel/driving radius


Explanation:
Personally, I prefer travel radius as it doesn't specify the means of transport

Aisha Maniar
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway
0 min
  -> thank you
agree  Cristina Giannetti
1 min
  -> thank you
agree  Conor McAuley
7 mins
  -> thank you
agree  cjohnstone
1 hr
  -> thank you
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
12 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
within one hour's travelling distance


Explanation:
IMO, it is not necessary in English to copy the 'radius' idea, it is taken for granted in the idea of travelling distance, and this is the way I would find most natural to express it...

Tony M
France
Local time: 12:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 294
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Vaughn
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Vaughn!
agree  French Foodie
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mara!
agree  RHELLER: that's how the regular people talk :-)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Rita! Glad to know that I'm one of them, then ;-)))
agree  Piva
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Piva!
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