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bespielte Datenträger

English translation: pre-recorded data storage media

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German term or phrase:bespielte Datenträger
English translation:pre-recorded data storage media
Entered by: Bob Kerns (X)

14:03 Jan 30, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Hardware
German term or phrase: bespielte Datenträger
Appears in a list of goods of a technical nature
Astrid Elke Witte
Germany
Local time: 10:43
pre-recorded data storage media
Explanation:
Experience. The word "data" is important in the translation and you can leave out "formatted" since the media can't be recorded without having previously been formatted.
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Bob Kerns (X)
Germany
Local time: 10:43
Grading comment
Thank you. I had to think a lot about all the answers here. However, I conclude in the end that this answer is the most accurate (which is important, since I am translating a legal document, and the translation has to be officially filed).
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3pre-recorded media
Manfred Mondt
5 -1(formatted) storage media with data
Alexander Schleber (X)
4pre-recorded data storage media
Bob Kerns (X)
4 -1pre-recorded data carrier
Kim Metzger


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
pre-recorded data carrier


Explanation:
Hope this helps.

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Note added at 2002-01-30 14:28:47 (GMT)
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Data carrier



-definition : A means to represent data in a machine readable form, used to enable automatic reading of the element strings



    Ernst
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 02:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  S. GARMSEN: Susanne Garmsen: "pre-recorded data media" sounds less literal, more colloquial to me.
9 mins
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
(formatted) storage media with data


Explanation:
"pre-recorded" really does not fit data storage, it is used for sound media.

Data storage media, such as disk, harddisks, magentci tapes, and CDs, are formatted, so as to enable the storage of data, and subsequently data is recorded on them.

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 10:43
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  John Kinory (X): Thet may be formatted, but that does not imply they are recorded. And ALL date are recorded, ultimately (not just sound).
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pre-recorded data storage media


Explanation:
Experience. The word "data" is important in the translation and you can leave out "formatted" since the media can't be recorded without having previously been formatted.

Bob Kerns (X)
Germany
Local time: 10:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you. I had to think a lot about all the answers here. However, I conclude in the end that this answer is the most accurate (which is important, since I am translating a legal document, and the translation has to be officially filed).
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pre-recorded media


Explanation:
Note that the "data" in Datenträger has a wide range of meaning compared to the English "data", which we mostly use for things like numbers, data bases etc.
To the electronics all recorded information look pretty much alike, weather it be data, music, video or else. And Datenträger is simply a collective term applied to both CD and deverse magnetic storage media.

Manfred Mondt
United States
Local time: 04:43
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Schneekloth (X)
10 mins
agree  John Kinory (X)
26 mins
agree  ninasc (X)
5 hrs
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