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Bus-Jeton///Bus

English translation: parking chip

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German term or phrase:	Bus-Jeton
English translation:	parking chip
Entered by:	Charles Stanford

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12:22 Jan 18, 2006

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German term or phrase: Bus-Jeton///Bus

Hope someone can help me with this word - it has not got anything to do with buses (presumably) but is used in an Austrian text about instructions for paying in a car park. I presume it is some sort of discount chip or voucher for frequent users... Is that miles wide? Lots of context to follow in which it crops up frequently:
• Nach Abziehen des ***Bus-Jeton*** (Kurzparkticket wird eingezogen) öffnet der Schranken automatisch.
• Bitte nicht mit dem ***Bus*** zurücksetzen, sondern drücken Sie bitte die Abbruchtaste und ziehen Sie das Kurzparkticket und den ***Bus-Jeton*** ab.
• Begeben Sie sich zum Kassenautomat.

• Stecken Sie bitte zuerst das Kurzparkticket in den Einschubschlitz am Kassenautomat und stecken Sie den ***Bus-Jeton*** nach.
• Nach Bezahlung des gewünschten Betrages erhalten Sie Ihren Bus-Jeton zurück, das Kurzparkticket wird eingezogen.
• Den bezahlten Bus-Jeton stecken Sie nun bitte bei der Ausfahrtssäule in den Kartenschlitz.
• Nach erfolgter Kartenprüfung den Bus-Jeton bitte abziehen.
• Der Schranken öffnet automatisch.

Thank you,
Charlie

Charles Stanford KudoZ activity Questions: 309 (3 open) (13 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 62 United Kingdom
Local time: 15:59

parking chip

Explanation:
another option...as long as we are really talking about a parking lot which seems to be the case

Selected response from:

CHRICKNIC
Switzerland
Local time: 16:59

Grading comment

thanks to everyone for their help - I am going to go for this one because it is nicely general and I won't get caught out, but all that feedback has been greatly appreciated.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

bus token

xxxmuitoprazer

parking chip

CHRICKNIC

bus token

Anne Schulz

chip/token for coaches

Kathrin Harrison

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

bus token

Explanation:
german speaking countries use the french word jeton from jeter,to throw,for a token,whether travel or phone or other machine.

xxxmuitoprazer
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks - I sort of assumed it was a token of some sort, but what foxes me is the "bus" bit when it is clearly not about buses but about a car park. Any idea?

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Comment: thanks - I sort of assumed it was a token of some sort, but what foxes me is the "bus" bit when it is clearly not about buses but about a car park. Any idea?

18 mins confidence:

parking chip

Explanation:
another option...as long as we are really talking about a parking lot which seems to be the case

CHRICKNIC
Switzerland
Local time: 16:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks to everyone for their help - I am going to go for this one because it is nicely general and I won't get caught out, but all that feedback has been greatly appreciated.

1 hr confidence:

chip/token for coaches

Explanation:
I can only guess, but they might be talking about coaches using a public car park and getting some kind of discount by inserting a coach token or chip along with the parking ticket when paying.

Kathrin Harrison
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German

3 hrs confidence:

bus token

Explanation:
'Bus a jeton' (fr.) or 'token bus' are terms from electronic information distribution, 'bus' referring to the structure of the network through which the information is passed, and 'token' being a token that is sent with the information as a sign of authorization and to avoid information collision within the network.
Your 'Bus-Jeton' may therefore be a token for the 'token bus network' of the pay machines on the parking lot. In that case it might be referred to as 'bus token'.

Reference: http://www.comm.uqam.ca/~GRAM/C/term/mul/mult142.html
Reference: http://www.surveyor.in-berlin.de/perls/cshg-suchen.cgi?suche...

Anne Schulz
Germany
Local time: 16:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 12