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Tech/Engineering - Other / Digital camera | | English term or phrase: bells and whistles | | Vad betyder "bells and whistles" på en digitalkamera? Kontext: this digital camera is jam-packed with every bell and whistle a pro could ask for! |
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| | funktioner och finesser | Explanation:
Tror inte det finns någon direkt motsvarighet på svenska. "Alla möjliga/tänkbara funktioner och finesser" kanske kan vara ett alternativ att säga det på..
"I very often come across the expression bells and whistles, which seem to relate to equipment, accessories or features that are offered to the customer as plusses but are not really indispensable for the device to work. Is that right? And where does that funny phrase come from?”
[A] You’re right about the meaning of this phrase, which refers to non-essential but often engaging features added to a piece of technical equipment or a computer program to make it seem more superficially attractive without enhancing its main function.
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Monika Lebenbaum
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| Grading comment Tack! Funktioner och finesser känns ok, även om man missar lite av den där "icke nödvändiga aspekten". Annars vore ju Reinos förslag rätt snyggt att slänga in :-)
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15 mins confidence:   funktioner och finesser
Explanation:
Tror inte det finns någon direkt motsvarighet på svenska. "Alla möjliga/tänkbara funktioner och finesser" kanske kan vara ett alternativ att säga det på..
"I very often come across the expression bells and whistles, which seem to relate to equipment, accessories or features that are offered to the customer as plusses but are not really indispensable for the device to work. Is that right? And where does that funny phrase come from?”
[A] You’re right about the meaning of this phrase, which refers to non-essential but often engaging features added to a piece of technical equipment or a computer program to make it seem more superficially attractive without enhancing its main function.
Reference: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bel1.htm
| | | Grading comment | Tack! Funktioner och finesser känns ok, även om man missar lite av den där "icke nödvändiga aspekten". Annars vore ju Reinos förslag rätt snyggt att slänga in :-) |
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30 mins confidence: utrustad till tusen/ till max
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Lite mer slangaktigt som det låter i den engelska texten, kan man kanske säga att den är utrustad/laddad till tusen/ till max.
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