Spanish term
Spain
Manuel Alejandro Arciniegas Rivera
Reliable translation and interpreting
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 5 more.
Que suponen un ahorro de 70 kg de CO2
- Los bombillos LED que utilizamos consumen 7 W, que suponen un ahorro de 70 kg de CO2, respecto a un bombillo convencional.
| 5 +3 | which save 70 kg of CO2 |
Simon Bruni
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| 4 +4 | which represents a saving of 70 kg of CO2 |
Charles Davis
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| 5 | Please see below. |
slothm
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| 4 | Involving/Meaning a saving of 70 kg of CO2 |
Chris Ellison
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
which save 70 kg of CO2
Please see below.
The LED bulbs that we use, consume 7 W that suposedly save 70 kg of CO2 compared to a common bulb.
The author is no stating a fact, he is assuming that the fact is bonafide. It might be wrong.
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Spain
Geology and environment specialist, PhD
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, English
Involving/Meaning a saving of 70 kg of CO2
which represents a saving of 70 kg of CO2
I would also make it singular. It's plural in Spanish because the subject is "7 W", but it sounds strange in the plural in English.
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Note added at 20 mins (2015-09-11 18:20:35 GMT)
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What I mean about the plural is that in English you would not tend to regard the 7 watts themselves as the things that are saving CO2, but rather the fact of consuming only 7 watts.
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Note added at 24 mins (2015-09-11 18:24:24 GMT)
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On "suponen": I don't think "suponen un ahorro de" is quite the same as "ahorran". It expresses a more theoretical equivalence. Similarly, I don't this "represents a saving of" is quite the same as "saves".
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Note added at 41 mins (2015-09-11 18:41:40 GMT)
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This is getting a bit pernickety, but "We use 7-watt bulbs" is a different statement from "The bulbs we use consume 7 watts". The former tells the listener what sort of bulbs we use (7 W, rather than 6 W or 8 W); the second emphasises how little power they consume, which is what they want to say.
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Note added at 13 hrs (2015-09-12 07:29:23 GMT)
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I think "saving 70 kg compared to" would be a good solution (no need for "when"). Or "compared with"; at school we were taught it should be "with", not "to", but "to" is perfectly OK.
| What about, not translating suponer and still use -ing. (Saving 70 kg of CO2 when compared to...) |
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philgoddard
: This assumes that the first half of the sentence is "The LED bulbs we use consume seven watts", which seems a slightly roundabout way of saying it.
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I strongly disagree with you here. It's not roundabout at all; it's perfectly natural, given that this wants to make a statement about the bulbs. Your suggestion changes the emphasis and turns it into a different kind of statement.
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Simon Bruni
: I don't disagree with your answer, Charles, but in my answer it's the bulbs that do the saving (not the watts)
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OK, Simon, and thanks! If you do it Phil's way it's the bulbs, but I say that turns it into a different statement. In "The bulbs we use consume 7 W, which save..." it must refer to the watts.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Or 'which means' a saving(s)' of ... Lots of interesting discussions on the Internet on 'a savings of' - suggesting that the economy represents 'savings' in your bank account. Here in the U.S. 'a saving of' sounds awkward..
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Many thanks, Muriel! How interesting! "A saving of" is idiomatic in BrE; "a savings of" is not. Another item to add to my collection of unexpected translatlantic differences :)
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Chris Ellison
: I also read it like this (and as "saves"), but I think Simon could be right too. :o)
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Thanks, Chris :) Simon's not wrong, that's for sure. But the asker's latest suggestion, "saving 70 kg", could be the best bet. But yes, the stat is useless: in a year? over the lifetime of the bulb?
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franglish
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Thanks, franglish :)
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