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des moteurs aussi puissants que 1600 voitures réunies

English translation: engines as powerful as 1,600 cars put together

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French term or phrase:des moteurs aussi puissants que 1600 voitures réunies
English translation:engines as powerful as 1,600 cars put together
Entered by: William Stein

16:21 Nov 1, 2003
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: des moteurs aussi puissants que 1600 voitures réunies
problem with "réunies"
jenn22
Local time: 22:03
engines as powerful as 16,000 cars put together
Explanation:
No instead of horsepower they talk about "carpower"

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Note added at 2003-11-01 16:33:18 (GMT)
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Sorry, 1,600
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William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 14:03
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4 +1engines as powerful as 16,000 cars put together
William Stein
3engines equal to the combination of 1,600 car engines
RHELLER


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
engines as powerful as 16,000 cars put together


Explanation:
No instead of horsepower they talk about "carpower"

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Note added at 2003-11-01 16:33:18 (GMT)
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Sorry, 1,600

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 14:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1737

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  IanW (X): Yes but "1,600" - is this the American answer to British understatement ... ?
9 mins
  -> Right, I've been in marketing too long!
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
des moteurs aussi puissants que 1600 voitures réunies
engines equal to the combination of 1,600 car engines


Explanation:
or

engine power (usually called horsepower) equal to the combination of

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 14:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1582
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