Mar 26, 2013 15:33
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French term

représentation énergétique

French to English Tech/Engineering Environment & Ecology
This appears in the following title of a paper:

La représentation énergétique, facteur d'une mobilité quotidienne écologique?

and here:

Cet article examine l'influence de la représentation énergétique sur le comportement modal dans le cadre du déplacement domicile-travail des frontaliers.

Can anyone come up with an English translation?
Proposed translations (English)
3 energy picture
3 energetic representation

Discussion

Robin Ward (asker) Mar 26, 2013:
Enough to convince me that it might be an idea to pose the question here.
philgoddard Mar 26, 2013:
And the answer to question 3?
Robin Ward (asker) Mar 26, 2013:
- No, I don't have the whole paper, at least not at the moment.
- The "obvious literal translation" may not necessarily be the correct one, hence my question.
philgoddard Mar 26, 2013:
The obvious questions 1. Do you have the whole paper? If so, have you read it?
2. Have you considered the obvious literal translation?
3. What other research have you done?

Proposed translations

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energy picture

I think this is about what the energy picture looks like. What are the different energy related factors that are impacting how people are traveling for work?
Example sentence:

Une plaidoirie qui doit apporter une vision intelligible sur l’avenir de notre pays en matière de développement durable et plus particulièrement sur la représentation énergétique dans les décennies à venir et repenser nos comportements afin de p

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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I managed to get hold of the person commissioning the translation, it turns out that the real meaning is along the lines of "statements on the energy issue". Sorry that I couldn't provide any more detailed context."
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energetic representation

in the context of electric cars?
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : Energetic looks like a mistranslation to me.
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