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Activate polling.

German translation: Polling aktivieren

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English term or phrase:Activate polling.
German translation:Polling aktivieren
Entered by: Alexander Schleber (X)

07:49 Jul 22, 2001
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: Activate polling.
Text displayed as title in order to activate or not the service polling by the network.

polling: Abstimmung? Angleichung? Have no idea!
Lorenzo
Polling aktivieren
Explanation:
Although Mats is right with "abrufen", this is "classical" computer talk. The more usual term nowadays is "Polling", it's been taken over into German and capitalized. See the URL below for lots of examples
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Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 06:11
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Summary of answers provided
na +3Polling aktivieren
Alexander Schleber (X)
na +1Abfrage starten
Angela Dunskus-Gulick
naAbrufbetrieb aktivieren
Mats Wiman


  

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3 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Abfrage starten


Explanation:
Hope this helps.

Angela


    Own experience w/ technical translations
Angela Dunskus-Gulick
United States
Local time: 21:11
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ambittles
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11 mins
Abrufbetrieb aktivieren


Explanation:
Abruf starten is not the same thing.
to activate polling is to put polling into an aktive state, i.e. ready to be started


    Ernst+Engstr�ms Teknisk Ordbok+Norstedts+MW
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 06:11
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in pair: 711
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23 mins peer agreement (net): +3
Polling aktivieren


Explanation:
Although Mats is right with "abrufen", this is "classical" computer talk. The more usual term nowadays is "Polling", it's been taken over into German and capitalized. See the URL below for lots of examples


    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?as_q=Netzwerke&num=10&btnG=Goog...
    Lot's of computer experience.
Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 06:11
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1466

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ambittles
agree  Andrea Kopf
4 mins
agree  Ulrike Lieder (X): Acc. to both Microsoft and Brinkmann, "Pollen" is also a possibility - but acc. to Google, Polling is more frequent
22 mins
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