Interstate 490

French translation: l'autoroute I490

05:23 Jun 16, 2007

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English term or phrase: Interstate 490

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If you would like to search for all underground cable wires that are buried within 440 yards of Interstate 490, buffering is the tool for you

GILLES MEUNIER KudoZ activity Questions: 1205 (none open) (51 closed without grading) Answers: 33228 France
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French translation:l'autoroute I490

Explanation:
L'identification abrégée de ces autoroutes est un I majuscule suivi du numéro. J'utiliserais donc cette identification, précédée du mot autoroute qui, lui, est connu en France.

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Anne Bohy
France
Local time: 07:51

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Summary of answers provided

3 +5

l'autoroute 'Interstate 490'

Tony M

3 +3

l'autoroute I490

Anne Bohy

4 +1

l'interstate 490

Unbounded Arts

l'autoroute inter-Etats 490

Anne Girardeau

Discussion entries: 2

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14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

interstate 490 l'interstate 490

Explanation:
Je laisserais l'expression telle quelle (examples ci-dessous)

Reference: http://hyatt.fr/hyatt/wwg/hotels/roche/maps.jsp;jsessionid=H...
Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_90

Unbounded Arts
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:51
Native speaker of:

French

48 mins confidence:

interstate 490 l'autoroute inter-Etats 490

Explanation:
j'ai toujours entendu comme ça

Example sentence(s):

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_5

Anne Girardeau
Local time: 07:51
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 20

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

interstate 490

l'autoroute I490

Explanation:
L'identification abrégée de ces autoroutes est un I majuscule suivi du numéro. J'utiliserais donc cette identification, précédée du mot autoroute qui, lui, est connu en France.

Anne Bohy
France
Local time: 07:51
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 81

Grading comment

Merci

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

l'autoroute 'Interstate 490'

Explanation:
Personellement, je ne le traduirais pas, c'est à considérer comme « la Francilienne » etc. Mais rajouter le mot 'autoroute' aiderait peut être le lecteur à comprendre le sens plus global — je présume qu'il n'y a rien de signficatif dans le fait qu'il s'agit spécifiquement du '490 ? C'est juste à titre d'illustration, non ?

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-06-16 08:08:20 GMT)
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What's important to know is if the I490 is specific in this instance (perhaps this system only works alongside that particular highway?), or whether it is just being used as an illustration of ANY highway; this use of a specific to represent the generality is more common in EN than perhaps it is in FR.

Tony M
France
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English
PRO pts in category: 288

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