Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
toll charges
Spanish translation:
carga adicional
Added to glossary by
Alain P.
Jan 12, 2009 05:37
15 yrs ago
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English term
toll charges
English to Spanish
Tech/Engineering
Telecom(munications)
Terms of a 411 (information) service for mobile phones:
"Airtime and applicable **toll charges** will apply."
I'm proofreading a text and the translation reads: " tiempo de emisión y las **tarifas de llamadas de larga distancia **aplicables."
As far as I know, 'toll charges' doesn't imply that the calls are 'long distance' and the document doesn't imply it either. Am I wrong? Should I change it to 'tarifas especiales' or something like that?
This is for the United States.
Thanks
"Airtime and applicable **toll charges** will apply."
I'm proofreading a text and the translation reads: " tiempo de emisión y las **tarifas de llamadas de larga distancia **aplicables."
As far as I know, 'toll charges' doesn't imply that the calls are 'long distance' and the document doesn't imply it either. Am I wrong? Should I change it to 'tarifas especiales' or something like that?
This is for the United States.
Thanks
Change log
Jan 20, 2009 08:37: Alain P. Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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sobretasa / carga adicional
You are right Claudia, even if in general "toll" applies to long distance calls, since the deregulation of telecoms, now you can have a tax for any special service or whatever reason the telecom operator wants to charge for.
So if you want to translate "toll" with this meaning, "sobre tasa" or "carga adicional" is what you are looking for.
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Note added at 27 minutes (2009-01-12 06:05:16 GMT)
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Encuentro mas ejemplos de "tarificacion adicional" que quizas es la alternativa maz utilizada:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llamada_de_tarificación_adicion...
So if you want to translate "toll" with this meaning, "sobre tasa" or "carga adicional" is what you are looking for.
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Note added at 27 minutes (2009-01-12 06:05:16 GMT)
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Encuentro mas ejemplos de "tarificacion adicional" que quizas es la alternativa maz utilizada:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llamada_de_tarificación_adicion...
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Comment: "Gracias. Alain tiene razón, si bien 'toll charge' es el cargo por larga distancia en los EE. UU., en al menos algunos casos, 'toll' no implica larga distancia. Como no estoy segura, lo dejo como 'carga adicional'. "
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tarifas
sólo 'tarifas', para incluir a todos las posilbles.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-01-12 09:32:34 GMT)
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todAs las posilbes
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-01-12 09:32:34 GMT)
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todAs las posilbes
7 hrs
cargos/tarifas/costos de llamadas de larga distancia
*toll free telephone number = número de teléfono de llamada a distancia gratuita
10 hrs
cargos por llamadas de área extendida local
I called AT&T and asked what Toll charges were and this is what I was told. It refers to extended areas within your local area. It is a specific long distance charge, less than a regular one.
AT&T Español
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Para tu comodidad, todos los cargos de AT&T Long Distance se incluyen en una ... de larga distancia local y área extendida, pero dentro de tu Área de Acceso ...
espanol.att.com/residential_customers/other/faqs.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
AT&T Español
- [ Translate this page ]
Para tu comodidad, todos los cargos de AT&T Long Distance se incluyen en una ... de larga distancia local y área extendida, pero dentro de tu Área de Acceso ...
espanol.att.com/residential_customers/other/faqs.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
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David Russi
: It is a special case, Lydia, it is not the norm, and in any case, they are still considered long distance. Yes, but the question posed is a much more general case, and clearly "toll" means "long distance", it's been in Webster's for 30 yrs.
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They are Long Distance, true, but a specific kind. On your phone bill it shows BOTH Long D, charges and Toll charges, so they cannot be translated as the same. In any case, I state the term that is used by AT&T.
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cargos/tarifas de llamadas de larga distancia
Websters Unabridged
1toll
3 : c : a charge for a long-distance telephone call
Google definitions
Definitions of toll call on the Web:
* a long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* a call to a point outside of the local service calling area. Identified by greater distance and increased rates or by 1 plus dialing requirements.
www.altigen.com/glossary-phone-terms.html
* Call made within a Regional Calling Area to exchanges outside the local calling area. Toll calls are individually detailed on a bill.
www22.verizon.com/wholesale/glossary/
* Any transmission on the public switched network to a point outside the local service area.
www.pvcsolutions.com/php/glossaryk.php
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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-01-12 16:42:05 GMT)
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Here is another thing to consider. If you search "toll or long distance" in google you will get 74000 results. Keep in mind that the "or" here does not imply these are two different things, rather it indicates that these are two different ways of saying the same thing, they are synonyms.
1toll
3 : c : a charge for a long-distance telephone call
Google definitions
Definitions of toll call on the Web:
* a long-distance telephone call at charges above a local rate
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* a call to a point outside of the local service calling area. Identified by greater distance and increased rates or by 1 plus dialing requirements.
www.altigen.com/glossary-phone-terms.html
* Call made within a Regional Calling Area to exchanges outside the local calling area. Toll calls are individually detailed on a bill.
www22.verizon.com/wholesale/glossary/
* Any transmission on the public switched network to a point outside the local service area.
www.pvcsolutions.com/php/glossaryk.php
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Note added at 11 hrs (2009-01-12 16:42:05 GMT)
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Here is another thing to consider. If you search "toll or long distance" in google you will get 74000 results. Keep in mind that the "or" here does not imply these are two different things, rather it indicates that these are two different ways of saying the same thing, they are synonyms.
Peer comment(s):
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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Jorge Merino
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Elizabeth Medina
: Agree.
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Alfredo Vargas
: Solo con la palabra "cargos" sin añadir "de larga distancia".
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Kidi Gomez de Segura
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Cecilia Welsh
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