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push-to-x application

German translation: Push-To-X-Anwendung


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English term or phrase:push-to-x application
German translation:Push-To-X-Anwendung
Entered by: Peter Zauner
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10:08 Nov 27, 2010
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Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) / mobile communication
English term or phrase: push-to-x application
Hi all, I am tranlsting a text relate to rugged cell phones for construction and other companies.

The whole sentence reads:
Built around Internet Protocols for instant voice communications, xzy products are uniquely positioned to help operators of all sizes leverage the power of the Internet to introduce new powerful push-to-x types of community oriented applications enjoying viral adoption and usage on the Web today.
Peter Zauner
Australia
Local time: 16:36
Push-To-X-Anwendung
Explanation:
Wird so in einer Pressemitteilung von Motorola übersetzt.
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Knut Hoenicke
Local time: 08:36
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Danke
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4 +1Push-To-X-Anwendung
Knut Hoenicke
4x-auf-Knopfdruck
apk12


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Push-To-X-Anwendung


Explanation:
Wird so in einer Pressemitteilung von Motorola übersetzt.


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Knut Hoenicke
Local time: 08:36
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Danke

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  phillee: "push-to-x" is a class of application features
9 hrs
neutral  apk12: @philee (re comment above): sure. in English. But we're searching for a translation and just another pure anglicism is simply not the only possibility here
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x-auf-Knopfdruck


Explanation:
(Nebenbei: Wer weiß, an welche Agentur Motorola die Übersetzung abgegeben hat und wo sie von dort aus gelandet sein mag...) - Generell sind hilflose Anglizismen etwas, was sich mit etwas gutem Willen und einer Prise Sprachgefühl in 90% der Fälle vermeiden lässt.

Ebenso wie "time critical" nur für einige harcore-Systemadministratoren, die ihren Arbeitstag zum Großteil in englischer Sprache bestreiten, etwas mit "zeitkritisch" zu tun hat, dürfte "Push-to-X" nur in einigen Business-Denglisch-gewohnten Köpfen als präsentabler Terminus in einem deutschsprachigen Text erscheinen. Zumindest bis einer Alternative da ist. X-auf-Knopfdruck wäre zum Beispiel eine solche.

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Changes made by editors
Nov 27, 2010 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (specific)IT (Information Technology) => Telecom(munications)


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