Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
écocitoyen
English translation:
eco-citizen
Added to glossary by
Sasha Barral-Robinson
Jul 15, 2009 14:44
14 yrs ago
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French term
France
Localisation and content creation
Native in: English (Variants: British, New Zealand, UK, French, US, Australian, US, British, New Zealand, UK) 
Works in: French to English, English
écocitoyen
French to English
Art/Literary
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
ecology, environment
À l’occasion des cinq ans du New Shopping Bag, sac de courses réutilisable en nylon lancé par Masja Van Deursen et Silvia Vergeer, du studio Beige, l’équipe lance un journal écocitoyen rédigé en Helvetica.
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9 mins
Irene McClure
Native in English
Specializes in field
Political scientist, former UK Govt
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
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eco-citizen
Sounds as clumsy in English as it does in French, but it is widely used to mean, as Colin says, someone who is ecologically-minded - aware of the environmental impact of their existence.
See use of the term in these links:
http://www.csreurope.org/news.php?type=&action=show_news&new...
See use of the term in these links:
http://www.csreurope.org/news.php?type=&action=show_news&new...
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7 mins
eco-conscious
an eco-concious newspaper
9 mins
Environmental citizen
What about an eco-citizen...?
2 mins
Colin Rowe
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Par Excellence Translations
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 3 more.
ecologically-minded readers/citizens
i.e. a newspaper for ecologically-minded readers
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-07-15 14:54:29 GMT)
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For that matter (not surprisingly, I suppose), the obvious "eco-citizens" googles rather better than I had expected.
So, "a newspaper for eco-citizens" as an alternative possibility!
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Note added at 11 mins (2009-07-15 14:55:51 GMT)
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Ah, as TesCor and savtrad have also just suggested while I was posting!
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-07-15 14:54:29 GMT)
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For that matter (not surprisingly, I suppose), the obvious "eco-citizens" googles rather better than I had expected.
So, "a newspaper for eco-citizens" as an alternative possibility!
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Note added at 11 mins (2009-07-15 14:55:51 GMT)
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Ah, as TesCor and savtrad have also just suggested while I was posting!
17 mins
Susanna Garcia
Native in English
parole, parole, parole
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, English, and 1 more.
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a paper for the environmentally aware
another take away from the more literal
22 mins
environmentally responsible (newspaper, mag)
Note that citoyen can carry the notion of "ethically/socially/environmentally RESPONSIBLE", as in expressions like geste citoyen. Ecocitoyen is more precise, confining the meaning to "ECOLOGICALLY responsible". So it may contain jokes about niggers and Chinks and Rosbifs and Belgians, or denigrate the handicapped and the unemployed. Or maybe not, if the only ecological thing about it is that the Helvetica font uses less ink than others? Or is it the "in" way of saying Switzerland?
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Note added at 24 mins (2009-07-15 15:08:12 GMT)
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Bref, to capture the intended meaning, we need to know more about this paper/mag, who it's aimed at, what it's printed on, what it writes about, etc.
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Note added at 24 mins (2009-07-15 15:08:12 GMT)
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Bref, to capture the intended meaning, we need to know more about this paper/mag, who it's aimed at, what it's printed on, what it writes about, etc.
2 hrs
Timothy Rake
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
My business is translating your business
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French
green (enviro-friendly) journal
If this is for the USA, the simple term "green" would likely be widely understood as eco-friendly, or environmentally sensitive
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