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112 months ago

rosa (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

English > French

Subject:

General

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

human-powered

Context:

This unique non-motorized racing event challenges experienced racers and amateurs alike to design and build outrageous, human-powered soapbox dream machines and compete against the clock in a downhill race.

 

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112 months ago

  See profile wrote:

mue par la force de gravité humaine

112 months ago

  See profile wrote:

à propulsion humaine, à traction humaine

My references:

http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=human+powered&index=enw&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs

112 months ago

  See profile wrote:

utilisant la force de l'homme

My comment:

The problem is that these machines actually use the force of gravity, they are NOT human-powered!

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111 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL  See profile wrote:

Exactly so. Which raises the interesting ethical question of whether to translate a faulty premise...or provide a technically correct version.

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112 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

utilisant la force de l'homme

My comment:

The problem is that these machines actually use the force of gravity, they are NOT human-powered!

The asker rated this answer best