Driving paper

English translation: Getting rid of paper tickets

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English term or phrase:	Driving paper
Selected answer:	Getting rid of paper tickets
Entered by:	Anna Maria Augustine (X)

13:06 Nov 28, 2006

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Slang / What is driving paper?

English term or phrase: Driving paper

Driving paper tickets out of the system will certainly
stop a lot of needless expense. “Carriers can
no longer afford to maintain the legacy systems necessary
for paper ticket distribution,” says Dave
McEwen, IATA Manager, Ticketing Services.

second sample:
"Good Luck for your driving paper, I will be thinking about you"

Hakki Ucar KudoZ activity Questions: 99 (1 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 60 Türkiye
Local time: 09:20

Getting rid of paper tickets

Explanation:
I suppose they mean to replace paer tickets with a card format like a bank card.

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-11-28 13:13:09 GMT)
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2 different meanings here:

The first is to get rid of. The second is the driver's license.

Selected response from:

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 08:20

Grading comment

thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

3 +4

Getting rid of paper tickets

Anna Maria Augustine (X)

3 +3

getting rid of paper tickets

Nesrin

driving licence

Andreea Bostan

s.u.

Sandra SAYN (X)

paper reduction/elimination

yeswhere

Two different meanings here...

William [Bill] Gray

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

driving paper tickets out of the system getting rid of paper tickets

Explanation:
This is how I understand it - it's not about "driving paper". It is about paper tickets which need to be "driven out of the system", because "Carriers can no longer afford to maintain the legacy systems necessary for paper ticket distribution".

I don't think the second example is related to the first. I'm not sure what "driving paper" means here, but it could mean "driving license". Somebody is wishing somebody good luck because they're going to their driving test. Not sure though.

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:20
Native speaker of: Arabic

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your answers.

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

driving paper

Getting rid of paper tickets

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

thanks

4 mins confidence:

driving paper driving licence

Explanation:
driving licence

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-11-28 13:13:33 GMT)
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driving paper - the documents stating that you are entitled to drive.

Also, in the UK there is the driving licence and is paper counterpart.

Andreea Bostan
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: driving licence is very hard word for the people who live in Turkiye , I think there is no exact equivalent in here. Thank you.

5 mins confidence:

driving paper s.u.

Explanation:
I think these are TWO different things.
First they are talking about getting/printing papers (here: tickets) out of the system.
The second sample is about the driving tests at a driving school.
1. Tickets ausdrucken
2. Führerscheinprüfung

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Sorry, I mixe some German in here:
1. printing tickets from the computer system
2. driving licence

Sandra SAYN (X)
Germany
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of:

German

Notes to answerer

Asker: Danke! :)

5 mins confidence:

driving paper paper reduction/elimination

Explanation:
Elimination of paper tickets.......

Good luck with your paper reduction,.....

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-11-28 13:14:08 GMT)
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Appears to be about airline/travel tickets

yeswhere
Local time: 02:20
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: in USA today , airline companies began to sell e-tickets instead of paper tickets ? Thanks

2 hrs confidence:

driving paper Two different meanings here...

Explanation:
First use:
Here driving is being used as a verb, where they are taking about "driving out" (i.e. getting rid of/eliminating) paper tickets from the airline passenger system, in favour of electronic ticketing probably.
Second use:
Here driving is being used as an adjective, where one could possibly say they are talking about the written examination which needs to be taken (and passed) before you may take the practical driving test when you wish to get your driver's licence.

But I have researched this use a little more and discover from a chat forum the very page that I think you may be translating from, which refers to a "driving paper" which a student is writing concerning the problem of alcohol and driving. therefore, I believe this may be the meaning in the second case. See the web link, below.

Reference: http://messages.yahoo.com/Cultures_&_Community/Issues_and_Ca...

William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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