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French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Telecom(munications) | | French term or phrase: détection de touches multifréquences | This is in an agreement for telephone and online banking. No doubt it's blindingly obvious but I can't think what this is in English. See context below.
ARTICLE I - OBJET DU CONTRAT
La Banque propose au Client, ce que ce dernier accepte, d'accéder à distance à un ensemble de services, notamment bancaires et financiers,
et à des informations à caractère général, au moyen d'un ou plusieurs
des médias suivants :
- un téléphone, sous réserve qu'il soit à détection de touches multifréquences; |
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| | touch-tone (DTMF) | Explanation:
usually just referred to as touch-tone in EN
"* Note: Telephone banking requires a touch-tone telephone."
"Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (Touch-Tone®)"
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Note added at 13 mins (2008-07-28 14:02:16 GMT)
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"An indirect interaction arises with responses using DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-
Frequency, i.e. touch-tone)." http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/research/pdf/anal-ivr.pdf
As far as I am aware the terminology is identical in UK and US usage.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-07-28 20:36:33 GMT)
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If the document is for a retail customer, a list item consisting of just:
"- a touch-tone phone"
or, more formally:
"- a telephone (which must be touch-tone)"
will be enough.
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| Selected response from:
 Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:39
| Grading comment Of course! I knew it was something I had heard a million times. Thanks.
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peer agreement (net): +5