Apr 18, 2007 13:38
17 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
Works in: French to English
déconstructeur
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
A distributor of spare parts for cars wishes to extend the range of products it offers to "centres auto, spécialistes, pneumaticients et déconstructeurs"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | auto dismantler |
Lidija Lazic
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| 5 +1 | recycler |
christian landais
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| 2 +3 | breaker |
Alain Pommet
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Proposed translations
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24 mins
Lidija Lazic
Native in French
Native in: French 
, Serbian
Works in: English to French, English to Serbian, Serbian to French, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
auto dismantler
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"Just as the scrap recycling industry has become progressively more sophisticated with time, the automobile recycling industry is also evolving. Today’s auto dismantler, besides having access to a variety of technological tools, is committed to total recycling and to offering competitive customer service"
"Just as the scrap recycling industry has become progressively more sophisticated with time, the automobile recycling industry is also evolving. Today’s auto dismantler, besides having access to a variety of technological tools, is committed to total recycling and to offering competitive customer service"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I selected this answer thanks very much, as I feel it is closer to the French, although I appreciate the other contributions and will bear "recycler" in mind."
+3
4 mins
breaker
This is off the top of my head -hence low - but I think this is it. In France, many breakers yards also offer garage services so it isn't as crazy as it sounds.
Peer comment(s):
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Conor McAuley
: Sounds feasible http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:X2Bg7ehwTzQJ:www.ukmoto...
10 mins
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Thanks Conor
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| agree |
Rebecca Parker - Into English Ltd. (X)
: breaker's yard
21 mins
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Thanks Rebecca
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| agree |
Charles Hawtrey (X)
: Maybe all 3 replies are correct in their different ways in today's greener world? I never thought of breaker's yards as being green (more the opposite!) but...
1 hr
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Thanks Charles
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| neutral |
Chris Collins (X)
: In the UK we would know what a car breaker was, but we're more likely to use "scrap yard" colloquially or "vehicle dismantler" more formally.
2 hrs
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Well I agree with you that "dismantler" is a more formal word.
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+1
25 mins
christian landais
France
France
Native in English
Specializes in field
France
poor sources do not help smart targets
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: French to English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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40
recycler
French CNPA (former CSNCRA) indicates that the recycler's job is to provide detail parts and assemblies stripped from [new/unused] cars which would not sell.
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