Aug 12, 2002 22:23
22 yrs ago
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French term
silas1964 (X)
gros/petit rouleur
French to English
Other
Automobiles/sport
·Petrol (de 8,000 km par an pour le plus petit rouleur jusqu'a 25,000/30,000 km par an pour le plus gros rouleur. This has to do with automobiles.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | see answer below |
writeaway
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| 5 +2 | high-mileage driver; low-mileage driver |
Yolanda Broad
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Proposed translations
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see answer below
a gros rouleur is a driver who drives a lot and puts a lot of kilometres/miles on the vehicle every year. (20-25,000 km and over)
a petit rouleur would be someone who does not drive a lot and does not put on much mileage. (in Europe usually under 15,000/10,000 kilometres a year).
sorry I can't give a catchy way to say it. It's way past my bedtime.......
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Note added at 2002-08-12 22:48:00 (GMT)
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google
here they give 35,000 km for a gros rouleur
Un gros rouleur. Un gros rouleur (35 000 km par an) a besoin d\'un
modèle puissant et confortable qui lui permette d\'assurer ses ...
www.automobileclub.org/budget/3/index4.html - 6k - Cached - S]
a petit rouleur would be someone who does not drive a lot and does not put on much mileage. (in Europe usually under 15,000/10,000 kilometres a year).
sorry I can't give a catchy way to say it. It's way past my bedtime.......
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Note added at 2002-08-12 22:48:00 (GMT)
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here they give 35,000 km for a gros rouleur
Un gros rouleur. Un gros rouleur (35 000 km par an) a besoin d\'un
modèle puissant et confortable qui lui permette d\'assurer ses ...
www.automobileclub.org/budget/3/index4.html - 6k - Cached - S]
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! That's an excellent explanation! :) "
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Yolanda Broad
United States
United States
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Fren & Span to Eng, a ProZ Pro!
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
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high-mileage driver; low-mileage driver
I had meant to put the above information in the "agree" to the previous answer, but clicked too fast. Anyhow, here's my suggestion. I know that Canada now uses kilometers, but I find that expressions such as "mileage" still work there. Must be the contamination from us Yanks. ;-)
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Note added at 2002-08-13 01:53:17 (GMT) Post-grading
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I just double-checked this with Google. Guess what the first site to pop up had?!
spoke \'n\' word - resources - BEST
... 25,000 kilometres per year. At the moment those who drive less than average are subsidizing high mileage drivers. Since high income ...
www.best.bc.ca/resources/spoke/ distance_based_insurance.htm
I get a total of 446 hits for \"high mileage\" on Google, for a search limited to Canadian (.ca) sites.
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Note added at 2002-08-13 01:53:17 (GMT) Post-grading
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I just double-checked this with Google. Guess what the first site to pop up had?!
spoke \'n\' word - resources - BEST
... 25,000 kilometres per year. At the moment those who drive less than average are subsidizing high mileage drivers. Since high income ...
www.best.bc.ca/resources/spoke/ distance_based_insurance.htm
I get a total of 446 hits for \"high mileage\" on Google, for a search limited to Canadian (.ca) sites.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Florence Bremond
: but isn't there something a bit more colloquial ? (I'm surprised to see that I'm classified in the "high-mileage d, btw !)
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| agree |
writeaway
: great solution. mileage is mileage, even if it is counted in kilometers. Kilometrage has not yet entered Franglais territory./17 years later and you just saved me. I still couldn't come up with a clear/nifty way of putting it. Thanks Yolanda.
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Thanks, writeaway.
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