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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Roaming

Spanish translation:

Roaming

Added to glossary by Sarah Brenchley
Jun 17, 2000 07:18
26 yrs ago
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Roaming

This term is used untranslated by airtel and several mobile phone companies in Spain.

It means that the telephone has capacity to conect by GSM (satelite)to anywhere in the world with no limitation on physical location:

The text below comes from a description of a MOTOROLA T 2288 mobile phone:

Selección automática de las bandas GSM 900 ó 1800 para roaming internacional.

In my opinion it is OK to use the term Roaming but it should be clear from the context what it means, becuase the average Spanish person does would not understand.

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"Ambulante" o "Movil"

To roam = deambular, vagar, ir y volver, etc.
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2 hrs

seguimiento (roaming)

I found this translation in Diccionario Politécnico, Díaz de Santos. I was shocked to see this translation since the term "roaming" is widely used.
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2 hrs

roaming

In Argentina we use the same word.
good Luck!
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3 hrs

Itinerancia

That is the term used by my phone company. Good luck.
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12 hrs

as below

I agree with Bar. One can only use a near approximation and then use the English word. Such is the case the case that Anglo-saxon terms are permeating the marketing scene like fish through water, it's always good to back your translations with the English alternatives, because some may have heard of them. Have fun.
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14 hrs

Roaming....

En México se usa Roaming ampliamente... me parece que es un anglicismo que llegó para quedarse ante la falta de desarrollo tecnológico nacional....
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14 hrs

viajero

es un término utilizado en Argentina.
Suerte!
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1 day 22 hrs

Conexion movil internacional

Yo pondria "Roaming" que es bien conocido (con "conexion movil internacional) entre parentesis como explicacion.
Good luck!
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