Sep 11, 2007 10:39
16 yrs ago
Russian term
25 years' experience
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 2 more.
Маломестные транспортные средства
Russian to English
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Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Bus regulations
obviously these are means of transport with few seats, but what is the correct English phrase for this?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Low-capacity vehicles |
Michael Moskowitz
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| 3 +8 | low-occupancy vehicles |
Intrada
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Change log
Sep 11, 2007 10:52: Natalie changed "Term asked" from "Маломесмтные транспортные средства" to "Маломестные транспортные средства"
Proposed translations
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1 hr
Michael Moskowitz
Native in Russian
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English
Works in field
Translating since 1984.
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
Selected
Low-capacity vehicles
[PDF] BUSES & VANS - Assessing Public Transport Competition in Rio de ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
More recently, low capacity vehicles such as vans began to compete with. conventional buses on the main routes. The service is considered a viable transport ...
www.its.usyd.edu.au/conferences/thredbo/thredbo6/balassiano... - Similar pages
[PDF] URBAN AGEFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
predominance of low capacity vehicles both in collective. and in private transport. Around 50000 minibuses and. microbuses handle the majority of journeys ...
www.urban-age.net/0_downloads/archive/Bernardo_Navarro_Beni... - Similar pages
[PDF] UntitledFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
journeys weredone in Low-Capacity vehicles;. this rapid and negativetransformation of the. composition of the urban transport service ...
www.urban-age.net/0_downloads/MC-Newspaper.pdf - Similar pages
More recently, low capacity vehicles such as vans began to compete with. conventional buses on the main routes. The service is considered a viable transport ...
www.its.usyd.edu.au/conferences/thredbo/thredbo6/balassiano... - Similar pages
[PDF] URBAN AGEFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
predominance of low capacity vehicles both in collective. and in private transport. Around 50000 minibuses and. microbuses handle the majority of journeys ...
www.urban-age.net/0_downloads/archive/Bernardo_Navarro_Beni... - Similar pages
[PDF] UntitledFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
journeys weredone in Low-Capacity vehicles;. this rapid and negativetransformation of the. composition of the urban transport service ...
www.urban-age.net/0_downloads/MC-Newspaper.pdf - Similar pages
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks!"
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9 mins
Russian term (edited):
Маломесмтные транспортные средства
low-occupancy vehicles
A low-occupancy vehicle (LOV) is a motor vehicle with one or two occupants, which is not permitted to use HOV lanes (known as Transit lanes in Australia and ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Occupant_Vehicle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Occupant_Vehicle
Peer comment(s):
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Mark Vaintroub
: http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/en/report/anre1998/TC9811BE.HTM
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Спасибо, Марк!
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Sergei Tumanov
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Спасибо, Сергей!
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koundelev
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Спасибо, Георгий!
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Arkadi Burkov
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Спасибо, Аркадий!
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Michael Moskowitz
: LOV could be a large vehicle with low number of occupants. The original question is dealing with vehicles that have limited seating.
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Thank you, Michael! I know. However I assumed that the Russian phrase is the translation of the English "LOV". (My "3" shows that it is an assumption). Besides, a bus can use the HOV lane even when its occupancy rate is low, cannot it?
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Dilshod Madolimov
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Thank you, Dilshod!
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Alexander Demyanov
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Спасибо, Александр!
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Tsogt Gombosuren
: spot on!
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Thank you, Tsogt!
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Сергей Лузан
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