Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 28, 2007 17:22
17 yrs ago
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German term
United Kingdom
French & German Technical Translations
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
Knopf im Ohr
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
Health & safety hazards
This is from a very strange table about potential hazards, but there's no heading, so I've no idea what it's talking about. I assume it's about the dangers of answering your mobile while driving, but it doesn't specifically say so.
The entries on the left are as follows:
Elektromagnetische Strahlung
Nach Handy greifen Gespräch entgegen nehmen
Blick aufs Display
Taste suchen und drücken
Radio ausschalten
Teilnehmer wählen
Ablenkung durch Gespräch
then across the top it says
Knopf im Ohr
Plug & Play
Festeinbau
ohne
I'm wondering whether it just means bluetooth, although I've heard bluetooth used in German as well.
Confirmation or other suggestions will be very much appreciated!
Many thanks
The entries on the left are as follows:
Elektromagnetische Strahlung
Nach Handy greifen Gespräch entgegen nehmen
Blick aufs Display
Taste suchen und drücken
Radio ausschalten
Teilnehmer wählen
Ablenkung durch Gespräch
then across the top it says
Knopf im Ohr
Plug & Play
Festeinbau
ohne
I'm wondering whether it just means bluetooth, although I've heard bluetooth used in German as well.
Confirmation or other suggestions will be very much appreciated!
Many thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | earpiece |
Z.E. Ball
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| 5 +1 | bud in the ear |
AM Larrieu
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| 3 +3 | (mobile phone) earphones |
Paul Cohen
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Proposed translations
22 hrs
Selected
earpiece
http://onlineshop.rnib.org.uk/display_item.asp?n=11&c=27&sc=...
"optional extras: desk docking unit, carry case, handsfree earpiece, in car charger "
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Note added at 22 hrs (2007-09-29 15:31:13 GMT)
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"Today, the Company introduced the first Personalized-sound product, a Bluetooth-compatible wireless mobile phone earpiece called the Personal Sound System (PSS)."
http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=11882
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Note added at 22 hrs (2007-09-29 15:38:34 GMT)
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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/micro/micro-bluetooth-earpiece-sm...
"Micro Bluetooth Earpiece: Smaller Than a Dime, Spytastic, Handmade"
The earpiece looks like a small square button in the picture.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/21/samsung_wep500/
"Samsung plugs tiny Bluetooth earpiece
The earpiece fits directly into the user’s lughole, rather than hooking behind the ear or resting outside as many current models do."
You don't have to use the word Bluetooth though....there are enough references for the use of "earpiece" with mobile phones/cellphones
"optional extras: desk docking unit, carry case, handsfree earpiece, in car charger "
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Note added at 22 hrs (2007-09-29 15:31:13 GMT)
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"Today, the Company introduced the first Personalized-sound product, a Bluetooth-compatible wireless mobile phone earpiece called the Personal Sound System (PSS)."
http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=11882
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Note added at 22 hrs (2007-09-29 15:38:34 GMT)
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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/micro/micro-bluetooth-earpiece-sm...
"Micro Bluetooth Earpiece: Smaller Than a Dime, Spytastic, Handmade"
The earpiece looks like a small square button in the picture.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/21/samsung_wep500/
"Samsung plugs tiny Bluetooth earpiece
The earpiece fits directly into the user’s lughole, rather than hooking behind the ear or resting outside as many current models do."
You don't have to use the word Bluetooth though....there are enough references for the use of "earpiece" with mobile phones/cellphones
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you - this is just what I was looking for! I think "bud" is probably too American and to me, an earphones are worn on the ear, not in - but many thanks to everyone else for your suggestions."
+1
22 mins
bud in the ear
Buds in the Ears
What's happened to dialogue? It seems to be an endangered species in our modern technocentric society where every other young person seems to be wearing a headset, preferably white to act as a badge of iPod ownership. Listening to music and being culturally aware is great but there comes a point when it's time to put down the headphones and engage with the people around you; you can't have a real discussion with sound blasting into your ears from a set of buds.
http://www.7thgroove.com/~hansen/new/2005/07/buds-in-ears.ht...
What's happened to dialogue? It seems to be an endangered species in our modern technocentric society where every other young person seems to be wearing a headset, preferably white to act as a badge of iPod ownership. Listening to music and being culturally aware is great but there comes a point when it's time to put down the headphones and engage with the people around you; you can't have a real discussion with sound blasting into your ears from a set of buds.
http://www.7thgroove.com/~hansen/new/2005/07/buds-in-ears.ht...
Peer comment(s):
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Paul Cohen
: I seriously doubt that many readers would understand this. A "bud" can be a lot of things in English and this a slangy use of the word..
36 mins
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| agree |
Textklick
: I'd say 'wearing earbud' to take into account Paul's cottonpicking allusion. "The in-the-ear headphones are commonly known as earbuds." http://www.electronics-manufacturers.com/info/audio-electron...
15 hrs
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+3
40 mins
Paul Cohen
Greenland
Greenland
Native in English
Greenland
Will work for blubber
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Danish to English
Related KudoZ points
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12
(mobile phone) earphones
When Germans read "Knopf im Ohr" they invariably think of cuddly Steiff teddy bears... but I think the text is merely referring to mobile phone earphones.
;-)
;-)
Note from asker:
| Yes, teddy bears were what came to my mind in the first place.... |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: eigentlich mehr ein Brett vorm Kopf :0)
16 mins
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Hast du auch manchmal einen Knopf im Ohr? ;-))
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Andrew D
: it also refers to the early earphones, like in James Bond, Diva
2 hrs
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you mean back in the days when mobile phones were something that "Q" cooked up for 007?
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Textklick
: I'd go with it (in the singular), although I prefer the fact that we have a new and more descriptive word. I want that back, 007.
15 hrs
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Certainly sounds futuristic - or like a mysterious new kind of fungus that grows in people's ears. 007 put that thing down and do try and show a little respect for Her Majesty's property!
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| agree |
Veronika McLaren
1 day 6 hrs
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