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Hebrew translation: התחברות פעילה

17:20 Sep 27, 2009

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English term or phrase: active session

For a visitor to a website, for the period of his visit the site opens a SESSION. While the person is active on the website - Active Session, when the person is inactive for a particular period of time - Session Timeout.

Is there a used Hebrew term for that?

Olga Shmulovich Ryznar KudoZ activity Questions: 6 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 4 Israel
Local time: 14:42

Hebrew translation:התחברות פעילה

Explanation:
"Session" is tricky in Hebrew.
Usually most of us translate is as הפעלה
following Microsoft's glossary,
but "הפעלה פעילה" is really not so...

There's also a point in not automatically succumb to Microsoft's dictations, especia;;y if they're not so hot and there are alternatives.

If you feel like a democratic rebel :-) here's what the competition from Oracle and the guys on the open-source corner are using:
"התחברות (SESSION)"
http://demo.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/Deloitte/default.asp...
"מפתח התחברות (session key) "
code.djangoproject.com/changeset/2652

I've also seen שיחה and שיח used quite often
(see שיחה פעילה here: sun.eitan.ac.il/term/7142,
"שכבת השיח - Session layer" www2.eitan.ac.il/comnet/file1227.asp, and here:
Session Key: מפתח שיחה - he.wikipedia.org/wiki/קרברוס_(פרוטוקול))

so שיחה פעילה or שיח פעיל can work too...

Want to risk challenging Microsoft?

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Typos:
succumb --> succumbing,
especia;;y --> especially

Links that didn't work:
code.djangoproject.com/changeset/2652
sun.eitan.ac.il/term/7142
www2.eitan.ac.il/comnet/file1227.asp
he.wikipedia.org/wiki/קרברוס_(פרוטוקול))

Selected response from:

Ron Armon
Israel
Local time: 14:42

Grading comment

I took your version, because it fits very well the context describing the time relationship between the user and the web site. I used התחברות פעילה and "התחברותך התיישנה" in messages. Thank you very much for help and explanation.

Probably in a more technical context Doron's version will work better.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

התקשרות פעילה

Doron Greenspan MITI

4 +1

הפעלה פעילה

Smantha

התחברות פעילה

Ron Armon

סבב

Shai Nave

מקטע פעיל

Lingopro

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

9 mins confidence:

סבב

Explanation:
The common term in Networks is סבב - in part the time in which two or more computers are communicating. I think that in this context it is the less awkward solution.
Other option might be שיח although in the professional context it is not what your text is referring to.
And as a last resort I would have used סשן which is sometimes common but I don't like.

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you can also use, of course, חיבור as in חיבור פעיל or פעילות. I think that it is better to make the text understandable rather than "accurate".

Shai Nave
Israel
Local time: 14:42
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

הפעלה פעילה

Explanation:
According to Microsoft official terminology it's הפעלה פעילה

Smantha
Israel
Local time: 14:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Hebrew

2 hrs confidence:

התחברות פעילה

Ron Armon
Israel
Local time: 14:42
Native speaker of:

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 4
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Grading comment

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

התקשרות פעילה

Explanation:
I've been using
התקשרות
for session for years now - I believe it's the best option for this difficult term. This is what you do really - communicate with the server/site for a given period, then end the communication, so session timeout is:
סוף/תום ההתקשרות

Btw, never liked the MS version, that is:
הפעלה
seems like it was invented by an exhausted terminologist late one night, and stuck ever after.

Doron Greenspan MITI
Israel
Local time: 14:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for help, I think that in a more technical context it would really be the best choice.

17 hrs confidence:

מקטע פעיל

Explanation:
This is just an suggestion "to break" the MS spell...
I agree with Shai about how we tend to turn to MS for glossary, as if they invented everything that has to do with computers.

I have not seen my suggestion used in IT context, but it doesn't mean it cannot be used.

Lingopro
Israel
Local time: 14:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Hebrew