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Jul 31, 2012 07:21
11 yrs ago
English term

bullet development for improvement

English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
The studies show that these transport systems (vehicles) are very similar when it comes to the main potential energy savings and the corresponding bullet development for improvement the industry is working on.

The article deals with energy efficiency in public transport systems. I don't understand what this "bullet development" means. Thanks in advance for your help!
Responses
4 A breakthrough; a sudden change on a big scale; "step-change"
4 development bullet points
3 Miswording, in fact intended as "billed"?
Change log

Jul 31, 2012 12:24: B D Finch changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "Business/Commerce (general)"

Discussion

Carmen Cuervo-Arango (asker) Jul 31, 2012:
The target audience is the transport sector (operators, authorities, the industry...). I think Peter is on the right track
Carmen Cuervo-Arango (asker) Jul 31, 2012:
You are absolutely right! I like giving a lot of context, but these are the findings of a research which is going to be published and therefore I am not supposed to display a lot of information, sorry! I thought this was an expression I didn't know. I wanted to find a category for language expressions... and the closest I found was "linguistics". Sorry again! :-)
B D Finch Jul 31, 2012:
Context This could mean a number of things. Could we have the sentences before and after the one you have posted? Could it be about bullet points? Who is the target audience?

Also, this question does not seem to fall into the category of "linguistics".

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A breakthrough; a sudden change on a big scale; "step-change"

A bullet development is a large-scale breeakthrough. The phrase uses the word bullet to signify suddenness, speed, and results.

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Note added at 7 mins (2012-07-31 07:28:59 GMT)
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http://dgforum.zunia.org/post/microfinance-a-magic-bullet-1/

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Note added at 13 mins (2012-07-31 07:34:20 GMT)
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An emerging (can't find web references other than the one above, and that isn't really "head-on") "corpspeak" phrase. "Step-change," incidentally, was a US English phrase meaning more or less the same. Now "sunsetted"...

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Note added at 20 mins (2012-07-31 07:42:04 GMT)
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... also, dovetails nicely in the public transport context with the concept of the "bullet train" (Shinkansen, et c.) -- but is NOT directly related to bullet trains.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for your answers. I wanted to know the client's explanation, but she's on holidays. I think this is the answer that fits better in the context. :-)"
2 hrs

Miswording, in fact intended as "billed"?

Could either be an actual reference to bullet trains, (you should be able to tell if this would tie in with the rest of the article), or perhaps a mistake, and meant to be "billed" as in "announced" (as in the expression "xxx was all it was billed to be").

In either case, the writing is equally as awkward, but hope this may serve as a pointer.

This is not a recognised phrase in the English language (I have encountered similar problems with typos in original documents in the past, which have left me scratching my head for a good while!)

It would not be ludicrous for you to ask the client. Hope that helps.
Note from asker:
Yor suggestion is right, Lucy. I might ask the client, for I am not sure he is an English speaker and he might intend something different. Have a very nice day!
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5 hrs
English term (edited): development of "bullet-point" improvement plan

development bullet points

I suspect that this is what is meant here, i.e. a plan based upon a number of key/bullet points. I also think that the source text is grammatically flawed.

services.salford.gov.uk/solar_documents/CLL19110815A.DOC
"Policy conforms to the general transport approach in RSS Chapter 8. ...... housing delivery and supports economic development (bullet points 1 and 3 of para."

www.nairaland.com/474515/lagos-state-ten-point-agenda - Nigeria
" Transportation - Integrated Mass Transit Programme with emphasis on road, rail and water transportation services ... .Development bullet points ..."


1 - Salford City Council

www.auburn.ca.gov/services/Fire/fInspections.html
"New Development "Bullet Points". The following provides information of requirements for development and or building requirements. "


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