Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
automobile VL/VU
English translation:
passenger and commercial vehicle
French term
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automobile VL/VU
This is from a leafet advertising various car maintenace products. I was just wondering what to do with the VL/VU abbreviation.
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Ronald van Riet
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Nov 7, 2011 22:34: Steffen Walter changed "Language pair" from "German to English" to "French to English" , "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Nov 22, 2011 16:27: Ronald van Riet Created KOG entry
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passenger and commercial vehicle
VL/VU = véhicule léger/véhicule utilitaire I would expect
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Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
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Tony M
: Though 'VU' isn't really specifically a commercial vehicle, just certain types of 'utility' vehicle
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writeaway
: with Tony. commercial vehicle could be a car in any case. It's been asked often before-should be in the glossary
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chris collister
: I'd have thought "cars and vans" is about the right register
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