ペーパードライバーって英語でなんて言うの？

日本語の「ペーパードライバー」の直訳となる「a paper driver」は和製英語ですので、一般には通じません。 最も簡潔に表現すれば英訳例のようになりますが、本来ペーパードライバーという表現が意味するのは「[運転免許](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/58029/)を取っただけで、運転を余りせず、運転に[自信のない](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/12154/)人」のことですので、厳密には「a person who has a driver's license but lacks confidence in driving because s/he rarely drives」とでもすべきなのでしょうね。 inexperienced = 経験が少ない driver = 運転者、ドライバー 例： I am an inexperienced driver. In Japan, we sometimes call people like me "paper drivers." 私は経験が少ないドライバーです。日本では私のような人のことを「ペーパードライバー」と言うことがあります。

ご質問どうもありがとうございます。 「ペーパードライバー」に当たる英語はたぶんありません。 文章で言い表すと英訳例のようになると思います。 I have a license but I rarely drive. ↑↑「[免許](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/58029/)は持っているが、運転は[めったに](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/4549/)しない」 ｛ボキャブラリー｝ rarely 【副-1】めったに～しない、まれに、おおよそ～ない、まれにしか～しない 【副-2】珍しいほど、とても見事に ［出典：英辞郎］ ----- よかったら参考にしてください。 ありがとうございました。

「免許は持っているが、ずっと長い間運転していない」の意味です。 私の理解では、「ペーパードライバー」という日本語は「ほとんど運転しない人」ではなく、「（免許は持っているが）長期間全く運転をしてない人」だと理解しているので そうなんだとすれば、おっしゃられている内容に一番近いのはこの英語表現かと思います。

If you want to describe a person who has a driver's license but hasn't driven in a long time, here are some ways to express that :- 1. He has a driver's license but hasn't driven in a long time. Example Sentence :- Mark "I wonder if Peter is a good driver, I want to hire him as my personal driver." Sharon "He has a driver's license but hasn't driven in a long time." 2. He has a driver's license, but his driving is a little rusty. The expression "a little rusty" means you are not as good at something as you used to be, because you have not practised it for a long time. For example "My Chinese speaking is a little rusty"

These terms are usually given to an individual who has a driving licence but very rarely drives. another term for this is 'Intermittent', this means something that is not consistent. "Inexperienced" is used when someone has not had very much experience in something, another term used is "Out of practice".

Even though there is no one word that describes this type of person like there is in Japanese "paper driver" you can refer to these people as follows: "Rookie" a rookie is a person that has knowledge of something in this case driving but lacks the practical experience, in other words, has not had enough time on the road driving.. This word "rookie" can be applied to anyone who lacks practical experience in any field. "A driver that lacks practical skills" this expression is more direct and to the grain. This expression lets someone knows that you may have a license but you do not have the practical skills to drive.

there is not one particular word in the English language to describe this but you could say something like "i can drive on paper but i rarely do so." or "i have a license but i don't drive often".

When someone has a drivers license but has not driven in a long time, you may use the following to explain: -Sam is an inexperienced driver. Even though he has a driver's license, he hasn't driven in a long time. -I hardly drive even though I have a driver's license. The last time I drove a car was in 2019.