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Dialogfähigkeit

English translation: capacity for dialog

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German term or phrase:Dialogfähigkeit
English translation:capacity for dialog
Entered by: Alison Schwitzgebel

13:18 Mar 11, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
German term or phrase: Dialogfähigkeit
"Die Interaktivität – besser noch Dialogfähigkeit - ermöglicht im world wide web eine Nutzung, die sich grundsätzlich von anderen Medien unterscheidet."

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Alison Schwitzgebel
France
Local time: 15:58
capacity for dialogue
Explanation:
What sets the www apart from other advertising media is its interactiveness, or its capacity for dialogue.

its interactiveness, which essentially enables a dialogue with the target audience.

its interactiveness, i.e. the fact that it enables dialogue with the target audience

So it's not snappy, but I think it gets the message across.

Time for a coffee - besser noch a G&T!

HTH

Mary

Selected response from:

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:58
Grading comment
That's the one. The rest were a bit technical, and this piece is very "marketing". I'll pass on the G&T in my condition though - just went for a walk round the village instead...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1interactive dialogue capabilities
Alexander Schleber (X)
5-still more so...
brute (X)
4chatrooms/dialogue possibilities
Nicolo
4capability of full interactive communication
Cilian O'Tuama
4dialogue capability/ capability of conversation/ capability of linguistic interaction
Evan Zelezny
4communicability
Cilian O'Tuama
4capacity for dialogue
Mary Worby


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
chatrooms/dialogue possibilities


Explanation:
I guess we are talking about this

Nicolo
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in pair: 8
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
capability of full interactive communication


Explanation:
Siemens
Long-winded, eh?

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 7294
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dialogue capability/ capability of conversation/ capability of linguistic interaction


Explanation:
I suppose there are several possible translations

Evan Zelezny
United States
Local time: 09:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
communicability


Explanation:
just another suggestion

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of: English
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
interactive dialogue capabilities


Explanation:
Taking a bit of everything provided by all the other answers, but also based on my own experience in the computer world, this would be my translation of choice.

HTH

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2426

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Evan Zelezny: I like this one, it sounds more authenitc to computer literature
24 mins
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
capacity for dialogue


Explanation:
What sets the www apart from other advertising media is its interactiveness, or its capacity for dialogue.

its interactiveness, which essentially enables a dialogue with the target audience.

its interactiveness, i.e. the fact that it enables dialogue with the target audience

So it's not snappy, but I think it gets the message across.

Time for a coffee - besser noch a G&T!

HTH

Mary



Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:58
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2770
Grading comment
That's the one. The rest were a bit technical, and this piece is very "marketing". I'll pass on the G&T in my condition though - just went for a walk round the village instead...
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
-still more so...


Explanation:
-still more so its dialogsavvy-

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Note added at 2002-03-11 18:36:34 (GMT) Post-grading
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Corr: dialog savvy (brute)

brute (X)
PRO pts in pair: 255
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