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English translation: connect his pc

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08:43 Oct 11, 2011

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Tech/Engineering - Computers (general)

Dutch term or phrase: inprikken

Hi all

I'm translating a press release about computer software and came across the following sentence regarding employees who normally work at home but occasionally work in the office:

'En als hij op het bedrijf komt, hoeft hij maar in te prikken om meteen de nodige software-updates toegestuurd te krijgen.'

Does 'inprikken' just mean to 'log in' in this case?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

helenindelft KudoZ activity Questions: 23 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United Kingdom
Local time: 22:21

English translation:connect his pc

Explanation:
inprikken is echt zijn pc aansluiten, thusiwerkers hebben vaak een nnotebpok dat ze op kantoor in een docking station zetten en daar door kunnen werken.

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Ronald van Riet
Local time: 23:21

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connect his pc

Ronald van Riet

patch into...

Bryan Crumpler

to connect

machteld schrameijer

USB login

Bonavon

clock in/ badge in

Kirsten Bodart

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connect his pc

Explanation:
inprikken is echt zijn pc aansluiten, thusiwerkers hebben vaak een nnotebpok dat ze op kantoor in een docking station zetten en daar door kunnen werken.

Ronald van Riet
Local time: 23:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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6 mins confidence:

clock in/ badge in

Explanation:
It means the employee only needs to clock in at the door of the building/site for the computer system to realise this and then to send software updates to his/her e-mail address, probably even before he/she is at his/her desk.

'Prikken' is the common word for clocking in the Netherlands.

Kirsten Bodart
Germany
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

English

7 hrs confidence:

USB login

Explanation:
login with an encrypted USB memory stick

Bonavon

1 day2 hrs confidence:

to connect

Explanation:
Dat lijkt duidelijk genoeg, ook in de oorspronkelijke tekst.

machteld schrameijer
Native speaker of:

Dutch

3 days6 hrs confidence:

patch into...

Explanation:
...the system, the network, the central computer or whatever larger "thing" to which "some other thing" is being connected (I don't know what said "thing" is, based on what you've given).

Nonetheless, I would say that the infinitive "to patch into" is probably more closely aligned with the infinitive "inprikken" moreso than "aansluiten" or "verbinden", especially because of the use of "inprikken" with respect to connecting audio equipment or other media devices to patch boards, sound boards, and other I/O systems.

The nuance with "inprikken" is that it implies the connection of devices with male parts to devices with female parts (i.e. "to stick [the male part] into [the female part]"), and in many respects we call this "patching", e.g. "patch into the soundboard" if referring to audio equipment.

Works in wireless situations as well, meaning "hook up" (which, in colloquial terms, also correlates some form of "sticking something into another" in a sexual sense -- but I won't go there). Wireless situations such as patching into your home alarm system over the internet with (perhaps) your phone or using your laptop to patch into a school or corporate network through wireless or some ethernet cable are also cases where the term is uses.

Examples:

Ctrl+F the term "patch" at:
http://www.homecomputersdiy.com/?cat=1

http://www.datacentermap.com/the-netherlands/amsterdam/serve...

See par 3 under == The Party Network (PTN) ==:
http://www.syntaxparty.org/nfo.html

See par. 3 under: "Hooking into the Soundboard"
http://www.titusfilms.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-to-pull-off-ta...

See forum entry 1:
http://vjforums.com/showthread.php?t=4919

See under Central Computer:
http://www.ehow.com/list_7169132_parts-install-own-alarm-sys...

See par 5 under General Information:
http://www.hsutx.edu/events/uil/one-act.aspx

See forum entry 3: Post » Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:02 pm
http://www.sonytalk.com/taping-school-play-need-some-tips-t9...

AND

The verb form in the Random House Dictionary (entries 18 & 19):
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/patch

HTH

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Note added at 3 days6 hrs (2011-10-14 15:07:55 GMT)
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Some google entries for reference w/ the term "network" if it is a network you're dealing with: http://is.gd/5b2OFX

Bryan Crumpler
United States
Local time: 17:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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