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type of communication
I am translating a letter from an organization in South Africa from 1995. Below the phone and fax number appears another type of communication. The symbol looks like a telephone pole and the "number" is not a number but letters (like a Twitter username).
I thought about Telex, but didn't find any confirmation.
Did anyone encounter this type of communication?
http://postimg.org/image/4i153rbgl/
I thought about Telex, but didn't find any confirmation.
Did anyone encounter this type of communication?
http://postimg.org/image/4i153rbgl/
Responses
| 5 +3 | Telegram Address |
Daryo
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| 4 +2 | telegraphic address |
Sheila Wilson
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References
| semaphore |
Shera Lyn Parpia
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Responses
+3
8 hrs
Selected
Telegram Address
http://s18.postimg.org/6mli4ud3d/Capture.png
the first symbol is a telephone landline
the second symbol is most likely a teleprinter, so it should be followed by a TELEX address
TELEX transmissions are slow but reliable over very poor quality lines, and in the '90s a TELEX was a must have for any company to be taken seriously
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telex (widely used at the time for long-distance communication)
A fax machine looks similar, but it would be a far too advanced technology for that time and place
the last symbol is a telegraph pole, holding wires used for transmitting telegrams from post office to post office (the term "wire" meaning news is today's relic of this technology - news used to be transmitted using telegrams)
about the format of telegram addresses:
Telegram Address
Telegram Address
the address designated on a telegram dispatched over a general public telegraph network. A telegram address contains the name of the destination point, the number of the communications agency, the postal address where the telegram is to be delivered, and the correct name of the addressee in full.
A telegram address may be a coded address assigned to the addressee and registered by a communications agency. A coded address consists of one easy-to-read word of no more than ten letters and a reference to the number of the city communications agency responsible for delivery. For example, instead of the full address and company name Minsk 125 ulitsa Karla Marksa 95 Metalloobrabatyvaiushchii zavod mestproma (Minsk 125, Karl Marx Street no. 95, Local Industry Metalworking Plant), the coded address Minsk 125 Metall may be registered. Coded addresses composed of proper names, such as the names of cities, workers’ settlements, railroad stations, or rivers, are not permitted.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2016-03-30 08:23:55 GMT)
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in brief:
you can phone the company
if you have your own TELEX machine and connection you can send them directly a TELEX
you can go at a post office and send them a telegram
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Note added at 8 hrs (2016-03-30 08:28:56 GMT)
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http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Telegram Address
the first symbol is a telephone landline
the second symbol is most likely a teleprinter, so it should be followed by a TELEX address
TELEX transmissions are slow but reliable over very poor quality lines, and in the '90s a TELEX was a must have for any company to be taken seriously
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telex (widely used at the time for long-distance communication)
A fax machine looks similar, but it would be a far too advanced technology for that time and place
the last symbol is a telegraph pole, holding wires used for transmitting telegrams from post office to post office (the term "wire" meaning news is today's relic of this technology - news used to be transmitted using telegrams)
about the format of telegram addresses:
Telegram Address
Telegram Address
the address designated on a telegram dispatched over a general public telegraph network. A telegram address contains the name of the destination point, the number of the communications agency, the postal address where the telegram is to be delivered, and the correct name of the addressee in full.
A telegram address may be a coded address assigned to the addressee and registered by a communications agency. A coded address consists of one easy-to-read word of no more than ten letters and a reference to the number of the city communications agency responsible for delivery. For example, instead of the full address and company name Minsk 125 ulitsa Karla Marksa 95 Metalloobrabatyvaiushchii zavod mestproma (Minsk 125, Karl Marx Street no. 95, Local Industry Metalworking Plant), the coded address Minsk 125 Metall may be registered. Coded addresses composed of proper names, such as the names of cities, workers’ settlements, railroad stations, or rivers, are not permitted.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2016-03-30 08:23:55 GMT)
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in brief:
you can phone the company
if you have your own TELEX machine and connection you can send them directly a TELEX
you can go at a post office and send them a telegram
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Note added at 8 hrs (2016-03-30 08:28:56 GMT)
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http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Telegram Address
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sheila Wilson
: But "telegraphic address" would be a more suitable wording, IMO
2 hrs
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nowadays you can hear of "telegraphic" style, to mean extremely abbreviated text/speech [like it was used when sending telegrams] // this is about the address used for sending telegrams - you won't hear it much used today. Thanks!
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| agree |
BdiL
: With Sheila Wilson.
5 hrs
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all the references I could find use "Telegram Address" = address used for sending telegrams ... I remember all this hi-tech stuff [hi-tech for that time] from when it was widely used ... Thanks!
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| agree |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
23 hrs
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Thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
17 hrs
Sheila Wilson
Spain
Spain
Native in English
&
English
Spain
20 years producing 100% natural English
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
telegraphic address
Very many valid references, including many from South Africa
https://glosbe.com/en/en/telegraphic address
Name, address, telegraphic address, electronic address, telephone number, telex and fax number of the contracting entity or the service from which additional information may be obtained
https://books.google.es/books?id=A7JaI2XsTn4C&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2...
Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World: The Telegraph and Globalization (so dating from an earlier time)
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/89293.pdf
The PLAD is the telegraphic address name for U.S. Government
transmission facilities. (US Dept of State text)
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/journal_archive/0...
Telegraphic Address: "Lilley Limbe". (Listing of South African lawyers)
https://books.google.es/books?id=xAF2K_xc8CIC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA...
(New Scientist advertisement giving South African contact details)
http://info.goldavenue.com/info_site/in_mine/in_min_sa_cham....
Web www.bullion.org.za (The web address reflects its historic telegraphic address: bullion johannesburg)
http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID...
The telegraphic address of the University is: UNISA Pretoria (University of South Africa)
https://glosbe.com/en/en/telegraphic address
Name, address, telegraphic address, electronic address, telephone number, telex and fax number of the contracting entity or the service from which additional information may be obtained
https://books.google.es/books?id=A7JaI2XsTn4C&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2...
Connecting the Nineteenth-Century World: The Telegraph and Globalization (so dating from an earlier time)
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/89293.pdf
The PLAD is the telegraphic address name for U.S. Government
transmission facilities. (US Dept of State text)
http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/journal_archive/0...
Telegraphic Address: "Lilley Limbe". (Listing of South African lawyers)
https://books.google.es/books?id=xAF2K_xc8CIC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA...
(New Scientist advertisement giving South African contact details)
http://info.goldavenue.com/info_site/in_mine/in_min_sa_cham....
Web www.bullion.org.za (The web address reflects its historic telegraphic address: bullion johannesburg)
http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID...
The telegraphic address of the University is: UNISA Pretoria (University of South Africa)
Reference comments
4 hrs
Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Italy
Native in English
&
English
Italy
translating meaning, not just words
Native in: English
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, English
Reference:
semaphore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy
see the illustration "demonstration of the semaphore" about a fifth of the way down on the left
see the illustration "demonstration of the semaphore" about a fifth of the way down on the left
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
acetran
6 hrs
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| neutral |
Sheila Wilson
: But this is 1995 and I think that technology had been replaced by then
7 hrs
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Discussion
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