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zestaw głośnomówiący

English translation: "handsfree" or "car kit"

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Polish term or phrase:zestaw g3ośnomówi1cy
English translation:"handsfree" or "car kit"
Entered by: SAVANT

18:53 Jan 5, 2003
Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: zestaw głośnomówiący
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kadam77
"handsfree" or "car kit"
Explanation:
"handsfree" kit is a general term for all such kits from any manufacturer; "car kit" is Motorola's jargon for a hardwired handsfree vehicle kit. I'm quite familiar with them, especially Motorola's. (US English).

Motorola also uses "hands-free" (hyphenated) as an adjective.

Good luck!

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Note added at 2003-01-06 12:26:17 (GMT)
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While \"glosnomowiacy\" DOES literally mean \"loud-speaking,\" a \"zestaw glosnomowiacy\" is NOT neccessarily a speakerphone. A speakerphone is a feature, but a \"zestaw\" is a kit (or in general context, a set). In the context of a kit (as in an accessory), it cannot be called a speakerphone--UNLESS the entire unit is designed to be used ONLY as a speakerphone (there are such units for conferencing, but they strictly landline units - NOT cellular).

Trust me on this one. I\'m a native speaker, and very well-versed in telephony.

Calling a \"handsfree kit\" a \"speakerphone\" would be like calling a \"foreign ATM\" an \"alien bank machine.\" I have seen that before (I won\'t mention any names, but it was a large translation agency in Bydgoszcz with no native speakers of English).

If translating were so literal, computers would be doing it for us! ;)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4speaker phone
leff
5 +1"handsfree" or "car kit"
SAVANT
4 +1handsfree car kit
TranslateWithMe
4Hands-free set
Witold Kaluzynski


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Hands-free set


Explanation:
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Note added at 2003-01-05 19:30:38 (GMT)
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Mam taki zestaw Motoroli z głośnikiem. Nazwa jw.

Witold Kaluzynski
Poland
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 367

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  leff: to niekoniecznie 'zestaw głośnomówiący', częściej będzie to po prostu 'head-set', czyli zestaw nagłowny
18 mins
neutral  lim0nka: "hands-free set" to raczej słuchawka wkładana do ucha, z mikrofonem na kabelku
19 mins
neutral  SAVANT: "hands-free" - Yes. "Set" - mayyybe
16 hrs
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
speaker phone


Explanation:
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Note added at 2003-01-05 19:30:02 (GMT)
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np.
\"może służyć także jako głośno mówiący telefon (speakerphone), \"
[http://www.wloszakowice.pl/akcesoria/promocje.htm]

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Note added at 2003-01-05 19:55:28 (GMT)
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Żeby nie było wątpliwości - hands free set również może być zestawem głośnomówiącym, ale nie musi. Bo określenie \'hands free\' obejmuje zarówno telefony głośnomówiące (czyli wyposażone w głośnik i mikrofon), jak i zestawy nagłowne (headset), czyli słuchawki z mikrofonem na pałąku (często używane przez telefonistki), a nawet takie rozwiązanie, jak w mojej komórce - słuchaweczka wtykana do ucha i sam telefon mocowany klipsem na piersi.

leff
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 3239

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lim0nka
5 mins
agree  bartek: W Telecomie spotkałam Loud Speaker Telephones
36 mins
agree  Andrzej Lejman
42 mins
neutral  SAVANT: "speakerphone" is a very general term for a built-in feature, not a separate accessory kit (which may include a headset, which is NOT a speakerphone), and usually used in the context of landline telephony, not cellular
16 hrs
  -> 'głośnomówiący' isn't 'handsfree'. It means literally 'loud speaking' and it is Polish term for 'speakerphone' - for sure
agree  hadraadae
1 day 19 hrs
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
handsfree car kit


Explanation:
patrz link poniżej, zestaw Comfort


    Reference: http://www.my-siemens.com
TranslateWithMe
Poland
Local time: 19:44
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in pair: 430

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  leff: zajrzałem - nie ma. A oprócz tego, że w dalszym ciągu może to być telefon z zestawem nagłownym, to w dodatku jest wyraźnie samochodowy - o czym w pytaniu nie ma mowy
17 mins
agree  SAVANT: Good answer. Not neccessarily only a CAR kit, mind you. Can be a headset or earphone...
15 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"handsfree" or "car kit"


Explanation:
"handsfree" kit is a general term for all such kits from any manufacturer; "car kit" is Motorola's jargon for a hardwired handsfree vehicle kit. I'm quite familiar with them, especially Motorola's. (US English).

Motorola also uses "hands-free" (hyphenated) as an adjective.

Good luck!

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Note added at 2003-01-06 12:26:17 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

While \"glosnomowiacy\" DOES literally mean \"loud-speaking,\" a \"zestaw glosnomowiacy\" is NOT neccessarily a speakerphone. A speakerphone is a feature, but a \"zestaw\" is a kit (or in general context, a set). In the context of a kit (as in an accessory), it cannot be called a speakerphone--UNLESS the entire unit is designed to be used ONLY as a speakerphone (there are such units for conferencing, but they strictly landline units - NOT cellular).

Trust me on this one. I\'m a native speaker, and very well-versed in telephony.

Calling a \"handsfree kit\" a \"speakerphone\" would be like calling a \"foreign ATM\" an \"alien bank machine.\" I have seen that before (I won\'t mention any names, but it was a large translation agency in Bydgoszcz with no native speakers of English).

If translating were so literal, computers would be doing it for us! ;)


    Reference: http://search.motorola.com/query.html?qt=car+kit
SAVANT
PRO pts in pair: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Piotr Kurek
7 mins
neutral  leff: see my response for your 'neutral' opinion
53 mins
  -> too literal! A speakerphone is a FEATURE of a handsfree car kit. ;)
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