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Spanish translation: teléfonos móviles de la marca Boost

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English term or phrase:	boost mobile phone
Spanish translation:	teléfonos móviles de la marca Boost
Entered by:	O María Elena Guerrero

16:45 Sep 5, 2006

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Law (general) / Intelligence, drugs

English term or phrase: boost mobile phone

Policemen use boost mobile phones in order to catch drug smugglers.

O María Elena Guerrero KudoZ activity Questions: 1163 (1 open) (10 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 669 Spain
Local time: 12:03

teléfonos móviles de la marca Boost

Explanation:
It's an American brand that I'm not familiar with, and I'm not sure why the brand of the mobile would be important, but it's a possibility.

Suerte.

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Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:03

Grading comment

Muchas gracias, Rebecca
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teléfonos móviles de la marca Boost

Rebecca Hendry

Teléfonos móviles de seguridad/apoyo

M. Ángeles López Rodríguez

teléfono móvil desechable (see below)

Heather Chinchilla

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

teléfonos móviles de la marca Boost

Explanation:
It's an American brand that I'm not familiar with, and I'm not sure why the brand of the mobile would be important, but it's a possibility.

Suerte.

Reference: http://www.boostmobile.com/

Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:03
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

Grading comment

Muchas gracias, Rebecca

9 mins confidence:

Teléfonos móviles de seguridad/apoyo

Explanation:
A no ser que estés traduciendo algo de Australia, ver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_mobile.
Yo me quedáría con la definición de www.askoxford.com en la cual boost: es ayuda, apoyo.
Espero te ayude.

M. Ángeles López Rodríguez
Local time: 12:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 37

41 mins confidence:

teléfono móvil desechable (see below)

Explanation:
Results 1 - 10 of about 48,300 for teléfonos móviles desechables. (0.69 seconds)

Results 1 - 10 of about 5,670,000 for disposable cell phones. (0.17 seconds)

It sounds like the police (in this case) are using Boost Mobile Phones. Boost is one of the many brands that makes the so-called "disposable cell phones".

These are phones you can buy in most cases without having to give your name and address. They are popular because they are inexpensive and anonymous.

I watch a lot of tv shows about the police and the FBI, and they are always referring to non-traceable "disposable" cell phones. The criminals use these phones to "do business", so it would make sense that under cover police posing as criminals would use them!

I hope this helps! :-)

Heather Chinchilla
United States
Local time: 06:03
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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