"Un trajet en bateau dure plus longtemps qu'en voiture."

Translation: A route by boat lasts longer than by car.

[ElizabethR689519]

This is not good English.

[Stumbler]

It rejected "A boat trip lasts longer than a car trip", which is certainly as good idiomatic English as "A boat trip lasts longer than one by car".

[countvlad]

I used "takes", because in a different sentence, it was accepted!!

[Xtian1992]

could you replace "plus longtemps" with "plus de temps" ?

[2snPXwPR]

A boat trip lasts longer than a car trip was rejected

[JanetBerry2]

This is not good Australian either We dont use route in this context

[louisemathias0]

"A trip in a boat lasts longer than in a car". What is wrong with that?

[rmxwl]

I would say that "on a boat," "in a boat," and "by boat" are all acceptable here. Depends what kind of boat you're talking about. You'd never say "on a boat" if you were talking about a dingy.

[Pigslew]

I wrote "a voyage (=boat trip) lasts longer than a journey by car", but not accepted of course. Reporting.

[2snPXwPR]

A boat trip lasts longer than a car trip was rejected