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22:19 Dec 26, 2007

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Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing

English term or phrase: hardware

hardware有硬件、金属物等含义。在以下的句子中，如何翻译它才合适呢？谢谢!

The original sentence is "The hardware used in the installation is labor friendly". 这是对安装一个小device的描述.

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Chinese translation:材料

Explanation:
我认为这个hardware应该翻译为“材料(material)”。记得两年前，我曾这样译过一篇。

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ottawatrans
Local time: 10:33

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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

硬件

Frank Wang

3 +4

工具吧?

franksf

4 +2

材料

ottawatrans

3 +2

五金工具

Xi Feng

Discussion entries: 2

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27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

工具吧?

Explanation:
Tools, namely, pieces of hardware, "used in the installation" are labor friendly.

franksf
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

五金工具

Explanation:
Hardware有硬件和五金工具的意思，不过个人认为，在这个句子里面，翻成“工具”就足够了

Xi Feng
Local time: 22:33
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

硬件

Explanation:
我的理解是这样的，因为设备中可能还有软件

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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-12-27 04:31:05 GMT)
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大家尽情地“大胆的假设，小心的求证”吧。:)

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Note added at 14 hrs (2007-12-27 12:58:24 GMT)
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如果没有更多的上下文，这里判断“hardware”的意思的焦点是“installation”。这里，这个词容易被理解成“安装过程”、“安装工作”。如果这样理解，似乎将“hardware”理解成工具说得过去。但是，本人在长期的技术翻译过程中，遇到的这种用法的“installation”一般不是指“安装过程”，而是指“安装好的设备”或“安装好的系统”。所以，个人认为这里的“hardware”是指“安装好的装置”中的硬件部分——这里说的是硬件的安装很省力。

Frank Wang
China
Local time: 22:33
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

6 days confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

材料

Explanation:
我认为这个hardware应该翻译为“材料(material)”。记得两年前，我曾这样译过一篇。

ottawatrans
Local time: 10:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

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