en un an qui leur est rapporté.

English translation: which is ascribed to them in a year

15:32 Jan 8, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / study of plastic grocery bags
French term or phrase: en un an qui leur est rapporté.
The text is comparing the environmental impacts of differenct types of grocery bags expressing its results in equivalent inhabitants (if right term?)
Here is whole sentence
Les equivalents-habitants correspondent au nombre de personnes générant un impact equivalent du fait de l’ensemble des activités en France (industrie, agriculture, consommation des habitants…) en un an qui leur est rapporté.
I can't get the end of the sentence at all. Thanks for any help
Christine Kirkham
Local time: 08:11
English translation:which is ascribed to them in a year
Explanation:
Cela donnerait a nos compatriotes Francais un autre apercu des Americains, different de celui qui leur est rapporte quotidiennement ds de nombreux media.
http://clesnes.blog.lemonde.fr/2007/02/12/iran-bientot-le-ce...

'rapporter' in the sense of attribute
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Alain Pommet
Local time: 09:11
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Thanks very much Alain for helping me out
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3which is ascribed to them in a year
Alain Pommet
3 -1...which is reported to them in one year
Christopher Kennedy


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
...which is reported to them in one year


Explanation:
this seems the most straight forward possibility to me

Christopher Kennedy
France
Local time: 09:11
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you for your suggestion


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Richard Benham: Except it's not reported to them, is it?
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
which is ascribed to them in a year


Explanation:
Cela donnerait a nos compatriotes Francais un autre apercu des Americains, different de celui qui leur est rapporte quotidiennement ds de nombreux media.
http://clesnes.blog.lemonde.fr/2007/02/12/iran-bientot-le-ce...

'rapporter' in the sense of attribute

Alain Pommet
Local time: 09:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks very much Alain for helping me out
Notes to answerer
Asker: this is making more sense to me now - thank you

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