Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Shifting into Overdrive
French translation:
passer à la vitesse supérieure
English term
Spain
Always on time
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
, Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: French to Spanish, Spanish to French, English to French, and 6 more.
Shifting into Overdrive
These drive systems will be available for pre-production testing by OEMs starting in the second quarter of this year.
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This development effort illustrates how XXX supports hybridization and electrification as a key element in the company's enterprise strategy, “Shifting into Overdrive.”
| 3 +2 | passer à la vitesse supérieure |
Tony M
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| 4 | Faire évoluer notre développement à une vitesse supérieure |
HERBET Abel
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| 3 -1 | passer la démultipliée |
Alain Boulé
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Non-PRO (1): Paul de Brosses
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Proposed translations
passer à la vitesse supérieure
But os course equally used figuratively the same way in FR (albeit without the dated reference!).
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HERBET Abel
: Je dirais plutôt 'assurer automatiquement notre developpemnt'
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Thnaks, but I think that really changes the meaning too much; you should submit it as an answer, though, so you can develop your ideas...
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Schtroumpf
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Merci, Schtroumpf !
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Gabrielle Garneau
: oui, aussi « mettre les bouchées doubles ». Une liste de concordances ici :
http://www.tradooit.com/info.php?q=into overdrive&btn-recher...
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Merci, Gabrielle !
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Paul de Brosses
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Merci, Paul !
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Technical translation by an engineer
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, German to French
passer la démultipliée
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John ANTHONY
: On appelait ça la "surmutipliée"..., qui était, il est vrai, une vitesse démultipliée...!
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HERBET Abel
: Plutôt assurer automatiquement notre développent comme conséquence de cette innovation
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Tony M
: But I think this literal meaning would not say much to people these days, whereas 'overdrive' has taken on a whole new meaning, like 'hyper-pouvoir' etc., which is really the sense they're looking for here.
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Graduate engineer
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
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