1) Living without using the services of public or private utility companies (grids) such as electric, gas, or water, by generating and providing for one's needs such as by using solar power, etc.
زندگی بدون استفاده از امکانات رفاهی نظیر آب و برق، ...و تکیه به منابعی که خود فرد تهیه کرده است
2) One who disdains all recordable common forms of commerce, such as eschewing any form of credit extension, banking services or reportable payroll activities, using only cash so as to avoid any traceable transactions, e.g., living completely 'underground.'
زندگی زیرزمینی (به نحوی که از هیچگونه موسسه مالی و اعتباری و .. استفاده نشود و قابلیت پیگیری نداشته باشد) یا اینکه اشاره به کسی دارد که جز گواهی تولد هیچگونه مدرک دیگری از خود ندارد. زندگی قاچاقی
1) Bob lived off the grid in his rustic cabin in the mountains, where he provided for all his own means.
2) Leaving behind no record of his existance other than his birth certificate and social security number, Jim lived totally off the grid. |