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W-Lan oder Lan in jedem Zimmer mit abgeschirmten Netz

English translation: Every room has a secure WLAN or LAN network.

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16:44 Jul 27, 2010

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Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks

German term or phrase: W-Lan oder Lan in jedem Zimmer mit abgeschirmten Netz

Taken from a hotel brochure

Lesley Robertson KudoZ activity Questions: 135 (3 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 141 Austria
Local time: 00:34

English translation:Every room has a secure WLAN or LAN network.

Explanation:
Usually shielded refers to shielded network cable (shielded twisted pair). I reckon in the context of the hotel, it probably refers to the network being secured for examaple with WPA2 encryption.

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I forgot something: ...access to...

Every room has access to a secure WLAN or LAN network.

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xxxMack Tillman
Local time: 00:34

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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

Every room has a secure WLAN or LAN network.

xxxMack Tillman

4 +2

WLAN or LAN in every room with protected network

casper

Every room has secure wireless or fixed-line broadband internet access

urbom

Secure wi-fi or Ethernet connection in every room

Darrel Knutson

4 -1

shielded wireless network and internet access in every (bed)room

Jeux de Mots

1 -1

Every hotel room has access to a W-LAN or LAN shielded network

andres-larsen

Answers

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

shielded wireless network and internet access in every (bed)room

Explanation:
This is one way of putting it. You could of course keep the W-LAN (wireless local area network)

Jeux de Mots
Germany
Local time: 00:34
Native speaker of:

English

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

WLAN or LAN in every room with protected network

Explanation:
abgeschirmt (here) = geschützt

casper
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Every hotel room has access to a W-LAN or LAN shielded network

Explanation:
Every hotel room has access to a W-LAN or LAN shielded network

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of:

English

36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Every room has a secure WLAN or LAN network.

xxxMack Tillman
Local time: 00:34
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thank you!!

14 hrs confidence:

Every room has secure wireless or fixed-line broadband internet access

Explanation:
To use the terms that are normally used by laypeople in contexts like this in the UK.

Another possibility would be "Every room has secure broadband or wireless internet access" -- I think people generally use "broadband" on its own to refer to fixed-line connections (the ones that are not 56k dial-up, anyway).

I understand the original to mean that some rooms have wireless connections, while others have wired (fixed-line) connections -- not both types in each room.

If you don't like 'wireless', then 'Wi-Fi' is also used by phone companies, e.g. BT: http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displ...

In my experience, W-Lan and WLAN are used only for techy audiences in the UK.

Reference: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/ar...
Reference: http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displ...

urbom
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:34
Native speaker of:

English

1 day22 hrs confidence:

Secure wi-fi or Ethernet connection in every room

Explanation:
Why "wi-fi"? The term WLAN is used in both languages. However, Germans also uses it in contexts where most if not all native speakers of English would instead say "wi-fi" or "wireless". WLAN is a much more technical term in English.

And why "Ethernet"? Because that's exactly how you get connected. "Fixed-line" implies a telephone vs. mobile/cellular phone and RJ45 is the type of cable and connector you need. LAN is rarely used this context and more often in phrases like "LAN party". After all, you it is possible to operate a LAN with no internet access.

I think that "internet" is implied and therefore not needed.

Darrel Knutson
Germany
Local time: 00:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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