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Jun 24, 2015 07:58
8 yrs ago
English term

to shave seconds

English to Romanian Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation automobile, F1
La pit stop, fiecare secundă contează. De aceea:
"we (i.e. producatorul de ulei de motor) try to shave them"
Proposed translations (Romanian)
4 +2 a profita de fiecare secundă

Discussion

La Lune Jun 24, 2015:
Da, a reduce / economisi durata / timpul / secundele...
Amelia M. (asker) Jun 24, 2015:
Ideea este cea de 'shave off (seconds)".
Contextul ma obliga sa aleg un verb tranzitiv, poate "a reduce (secundele)" sau ceva similar.

Proposed translations

+2
38 mins

a profita de fiecare secundă

In contextul oferit de dumneavoastra consider ca o buna traducere si cea mai potrivita a verbului “to shave” ar fi: “a profita de” dupa cum reiese din link-ul urmator:
http://ro-en.gsp.ro/index.php?d=e&q=shave

La pit stop, fiecare secundă contează. De aceea: noi (i.e. producatorul de ulei de motor) încercăm să profităm [la maxim] de fiecare secundă



O alta varianta de traducere a acestui verb ar mai fi: “a reduce” sau “a uşura”:
http://ro-en.gsp.ro/index.php?d=e&q=shave
http://hallo.ro/search.do?query=shave

Dar “a reduce” este mai degraba traducerea lui “shave off” dupa cum am gasit in
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:
“shave something off something: if you shave a small amount off something such as a price or a record, you make the price slightly smaller or the record time slightly shorter. e.g.: She shaved half a second off the world record.”
- sau in acest articol: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2779557/Shavi...


Sper ca v-am fost de folos.
Dumneavoastra cunoasteti mai bine contextul si puteti alege varianta de traducere pe care o considerati a fi cea mai potrivita.
Note from asker:
Vă mulţumesc!
Peer comment(s):

agree adinag
3 mins
neutral Peter Shortall : It means "shave off", i.e. minimize the time. Not "take advantage of".
3 hrs
neutral meirs : Ditto - a reduce, elimina (nevoia de)
1 day 24 mins
agree RODICA CIOBANU
1 day 8 hrs
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