Apr 7, 2005 05:11
19 yrs ago
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French term
Canada
Translations from start to Finnish
Native in: Finnish 
Works in: English to Finnish, French to Finnish, Dutch to Finnish, and 2 more.
au neutre
French to English
Other
Tourism & Travel
...produit de 30 à 50 % moins de monoxyde de carbone qu’un moteur quatre-temps similaire. Au neutre, cette réduction est encore plus importante : les émissions sont de 50 à 100 fois moindre...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +6 | in neutral |
Nick Somers (X)
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| 3 +6 | (when) idling |
David Sirett
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| 4 +1 | au point mort |
Diane de Cicco
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Proposed translations
+6
3 mins
Selected
in neutral
Canadianism for point mort?
http://www.aon.ca/francais/ars/personal/auto/safety.htm
http://www.aon.ca/francais/ars/personal/auto/safety.htm
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+6
1 hr
(when) idling
Nick's right, but I think in context 'idling' is more likely.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Nick Somers (X)
: Good thinking, Digby
9 mins
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| agree |
Kate Hudson (X)
15 mins
|
| agree |
sarahl (X)
30 mins
|
| agree |
Michele Fauble
40 mins
|
| agree |
David Goward
3 hrs
|
| agree |
KNielsen
18 hrs
|
+1
2 hrs
Diane de Cicco
France
France
Native in French
&
English
France
Specialty: Biology, Chemistry, Medicine
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English
au point mort
Au neutre sounds like a French transposition of the English "in neutral".
In France, one says "au point mort"
In France, one says "au point mort"
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