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Kopplunk

English translation: to get connected


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German term or phrase:Kopplunk
English translation:to get connected
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German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks
German term or phrase: Kopplunk
Kopplunk ohne zusätzliche kosten mit skype-in
Dr Lofthouse
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:31
to get connected
Explanation:
For the specific phrase you quoted -- "Kopplunk ohne zusätzliche kosten mit skype-in" -- perhaps something like "To get connected without paying extra, use SkypeIn"? (I invented that translation -- it's not on the Web.) It's a freer translation, but that might be better, depending on the context.

Note the capitalization ("SkypeIn"), which I got from the Skype website.
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Alan Frankel
United States
Local time: 18:31
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Summary of answers provided
2 +2to get connected
Alan Frankel
4coupling
Jeanne Wirkner
3 +1linkage or interconnectionEllen Kraus


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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
linkage or interconnection


Explanation:
provided it is a typo (last letter ought to be a g)

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 00:31
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  iqcservices: Jan
14 mins
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
coupling


Explanation:
I worked as assistant to our CIO and "Kupplung" was invariably "coupling."

http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q="coupling" + skype in&bt...

Jeanne Wirkner
Germany
Local time: 00:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to get connected


Explanation:
For the specific phrase you quoted -- "Kopplunk ohne zusätzliche kosten mit skype-in" -- perhaps something like "To get connected without paying extra, use SkypeIn"? (I invented that translation -- it's not on the Web.) It's a freer translation, but that might be better, depending on the context.

Note the capitalization ("SkypeIn"), which I got from the Skype website.

Example sentence(s):
  • To get connected without paying extra, use SkypeIn.

    Reference: http://skype.com/
Alan Frankel
United States
Local time: 18:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter
4 hrs
agree  Nandini Vivek
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