This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to Danish
  3. Architecture

auto-centric

Danish translation: baseret på biltransport

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:auto-centric
Danish translation:baseret på biltransport
Entered by: Mette Melchior

10:01 May 25, 2008
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Architecture / Byplanlægning
English term or phrase: auto-centric
From the description of an urban development project:

"There was a planned shopping zone but this was not to appear until much later and this seemed to be designed around the American model of a shopping strip supporting an auto-centric suburb."

How would you translate auto-centric (or autocentric)? I found several examples on the internet of "autocentric development" and similar expressions but I'm not sure what the meaning is?
Mette Melchior
Sweden
Local time: 13:45
baseret på biltransport
Explanation:
Jeg fandt dette:

Carfree Cities: Articles: J.H. Crawford: The Carfree City as a ...It has become evident that auto-centric cities-that is, those cities based on transport by private motor vehicle-do not function very well. ...
www.carfree.com/papers/crawford_ags.html -
Selected response from:

Jeanette Brammer
Local time: 13:45
Grading comment
Tak for hjælpen!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4autocentrisk
Randi Stenstrop
4baseret på biltransport
Jeanette Brammer
4bilcentreret
Hanne Rask Sonderborg


  

Answers


24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
autocentrisk


Explanation:
Jeg kan ganske vist ikke verificere, at det anvendes på dansk, men den slags udtryk har det med at blive internationale, og jeg har fundet følgende på et svensk site:

"Om vi förutsätter att regeln infördes i ett autocentrisk samhälle skulle långväga biltransporter bli mindre attraktiva."


    Reference: http://rosnix.net/~per/politik/30
Randi Stenstrop
Local time: 13:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
baseret på biltransport


Explanation:
Jeg fandt dette:

Carfree Cities: Articles: J.H. Crawford: The Carfree City as a ...It has become evident that auto-centric cities-that is, those cities based on transport by private motor vehicle-do not function very well. ...
www.carfree.com/papers/crawford_ags.html -


Jeanette Brammer
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Tak for hjælpen!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bilcentreret


Explanation:
Often used

Example sentence(s):
  • I stedet for en fossilbaseret, bilcentreret brug-og-smid-væk økonomi må vi have et varieret transportsystem, baseret på genbrugsenergi og altomfattende genbrugssystemer.

    Reference: http://www.information.dk/print/115311
Hanne Rask Sonderborg
Denmark
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search