Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
bespielte Datenträger
English translation:
pre-recorded data storage media
Added to glossary by
Bob Kerns (X)
Jan 30, 2002 14:03
22 yrs ago
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German term
Germany
Precision at your fingertips
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English
bespielte Datenträger
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Hardware
Appears in a list of goods of a technical nature
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | pre-recorded data storage media |
Bob Kerns (X)
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| 5 +3 | pre-recorded media |
Manfred Mondt
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| 5 -1 | (formatted) storage media with data |
Alexander Schleber (X)
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| 4 -1 | pre-recorded data carrier |
Kim Metzger
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Change log
Nov 30, 2010 12:06: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Computers: Hardware"
Proposed translations
31 mins
Selected
pre-recorded data storage media
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.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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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6 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
pre-recorded data carrier
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
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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
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Peer comment(s):
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S. GARMSEN
: Susanne Garmsen: "pre-recorded data media" sounds less literal, more colloquial to me.
9 mins
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18 mins
(formatted) storage media with data
"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.
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.
Peer comment(s):
| 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).
1 hr
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1 hr
Manfred Mondt
United States
United States
Native in German
United States
The Key to Industrial Automation
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
pre-recorded media
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.
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.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Martin Schneekloth (X)
10 mins
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| agree |
John Kinory (X)
26 mins
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| agree |
ninasc (X)
5 hrs
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