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German translation: Handy

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French term or phrase:GSM
German translation:Handy
Entered by: Daniela Penn

16:55 May 11, 2004
French to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications)
French term or phrase: GSM
d'avoir son GSM à l'oreille
en conduisant
Kann das die Abkürzung für Handy sein? Habe nichts gefunden
Daniela Penn
Local time: 05:57
Handy
Explanation:
So nennt's man z.B. in Belgien...
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Emmanuelle Riffault
Australia
Local time: 13:57
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4Handy
Emmanuelle Riffault
4 +5GSM
maria sgourou


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Handy


Explanation:
So nennt's man z.B. in Belgien...


Emmanuelle Riffault
Australia
Local time: 13:57
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Antje Lücke: ist glaube ich eine Handymarke, wird aber insbesondere in Belgien so für Handy verwendet, wie "Tempo" anderorts für Papiertaschentuch steht.
20 mins
  -> ist keine Marke sondern ein System ;O)
agree  Michael Hesselnberg (X): ist aber beim Fahren verboten
54 mins
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
1 hr
neutral  Frédéric Bégon: A l'origine, en 1991, GSM signifiait "Group System Mobile".
10 hrs
  -> Peut-être, mais en Belgique par ex. on dit GSM pour ce qu'en France on appelle "portable" et en Allemagne "Handy"...
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
11 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
GSM


Explanation:
Europaweite digitale, zellulare Mobilkommunikation; von ETSI unter Verwendung von TDMA (Zeitmultiplex mit Mehrfachzugriff)-Techniken entwickelte zentrale Norm für digitale Mobilfunksysteme (Systeme der zweiten Generation).GSM ist Inhalt der Richtlinie 87/372/EWG über die Frequenzbänder für die koordinierte Einführung von GSM und eine zugehörige Empfehlung des Rates. Das System unterstützt Roaming und ein breites Spektrum von Funktionen

maria sgourou
Greece
Local time: 06:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Greek

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emmanuelle Riffault
24 mins
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
1 hr
agree  Christel Zipfel
1 hr
agree  Siegfried Armbruster
4 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
11 hrs
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