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Mar 27, 2006 00:59
19 yrs ago
English term

cycle in

English to Chinese Other IT (Information Technology) Microsoft Windows Vista
"Volume licensing customers can cycle in (Vista) in a couple of weeks," explained Brad Goldberg, general manger with Microsoft's Windows Client Product Management team. But it typically takes PC makers longer to take the final RTM bits, test them and preload them on new machines, Goldberg explained.
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Proposed translations (Chinese)
3 过渡到(更换操作系统到)
3 +1 FYI context
5 -1 翻译，首先遵循一般逻辑做起。

Discussion

Last Hermit Mar 29, 2006:
However, I would suggest you should confirm with your client, and let them clarify what 'cycle in' actually means.
Last Hermit Mar 29, 2006:
Before long, though, they announced the delay. So it is clear now: Volume licensing customers can use Vista in a couple of weeks.
Last Hermit Mar 29, 2006:
Found it: 5 versions in total! And RTM stands for 'Release to Manufacture'. But this "Volume licensing customers can cycle in (Vista) in a couple of weeks," was said earlier.
Last Hermit Mar 28, 2006:
Thanks. But how many version are there in this Vista series? The version to be cycled in has to be identified first, so as to to pin point this issue. Sorry but I don't have time to search for this.
clearwater (asker) Mar 28, 2006:
全文：http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1940879,00.as...
clearwater (asker) Mar 28, 2006:
Allchin cited overall quality issues, especially around security, drivers and performance, as the reasons behind the delay.

Microsoft will release to manufacturing all of the Windows Vista versions, or SKUs, in 2006, as planned, company officials said. But the Vista RTM date, which Microsoft declined to specify – but which many company watchers expected to be slated for late summer 2006 -- will be a few weeks later than the company originally had hoped. As a result, the rest of the Vista schedule is being pushed back, accordingly, Microsoft officials said.

"Volume licensing customers can cycle in (Vista) in a couple of weeks," explained Brad Goldberg, general manger with Microsoft's Windows Client Product Management team. But it typically takes PC makers longer to take the final RTM bits, test them and preload them on new machines, Goldberg explained.
Last Hermit Mar 28, 2006:
Clearwater: would you provide the preceeding contexts? A larger chunk would be most appreciated.
chica nueva Mar 27, 2006:
Some answerers are getting quite facetious - Kudoz is a serious service to working translators, let's value it.?
chica nueva Mar 27, 2006:
Making announcements, using the forms for purposes different from their intended ones, or otherwise misusing the KudoZ platform is prohibited.
chica nueva Mar 27, 2006:
Please respect the Kudoz rules: P1.1 - All features of the KudoZ system (asking, answering, peer comments and "asking the asker") are to be used for terms help only. Making announcements, using the forms for purposes different from their intended ones,
Wenjer Leuschel (X) Mar 27, 2006:
I mean, how do those cycles of that something look like for that somebody?
Wenjer Leuschel (X) Mar 27, 2006:
If there comes somebody cycling in something, there might go that somebody cycling out of that something. How does the cycles of that something look like for that somebody?

Proposed translations

26 mins
Selected

过渡到(更换操作系统到)

应该是这样理解的,批量授权客户由于不需要考虑很多硬件问题,所以可以很快的在几周内过渡到VISTA系统,而PC制造商由于考虑到硬件兼容等问题,必须经过长时间测试,才能为自己的机子预装合适的定制VISTA版本

顺便说一句个人的看法,我觉得WINDOWS　Xp　对我已经够用了，为什么要让我掏钱更换新的系统．
Peer comment(s):
agree Wenjer Leuschel (X)
23 mins
thanks
disagree Last Hermit : 逻辑上就已经不通。现在才是3月，微软这东东要到11月份才能给批量用户升级。这期间的版本，必定是测试版。让您先尝尝鲜。
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "谢谢！"
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4 hrs

FYI context

cycle could mean cycle through their system (as water cycles - and is recycled). - another word for 逐步采用?

Here is the whole article:

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:087sUHqATasJ:www.microso...

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-03-27 05:52:58 GMT)
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"Today's announcement essentially means Windows Vista is delayed until 2007," said Joe Wilcox, an analyst with Jupiter Research. "While Microsoft says software will be available to businesses through volume licensing, the company's own financials show that a small percentage of customers purchase that way. Most businesses buy Windows on new PCs, and these won't be coming until 2007.""


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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-03-27 05:54:37 GMT)
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'cycle through' could mean 'be cycled through' = come through, pass through, by means of, 以
Peer comment(s):
agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : Cycle in and cycle out, cycle through and cycle down. Anyway, we can cycle around quite a while till we got recycled.
8 hrs
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-1
55 mins

翻译，首先遵循一般逻辑做起。

　　作名词用的cycle，是周期。作动词用就相当于“使……周期”。那在“Volume licensing customers can cycle in (Vista) in a couple of weeks”里什么意思呢？咱们来个时光倒流吧。幼儿园里，老师在分苹果，几十个小朋友围成一个大圈。现在，我已经看到对面的LH分到一个了，再过一阵就轮到我了……轮候。
　　但cycle单独使用，是说“批量购买（许可证）用户将在几个星期后有机会试用。
　　再看前面的语境，已有协议（即已经购买的）的用户要到11月份才能升级到Vista，其他用户则要等到明年1月份。

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-27 02:02:09 GMT)
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　　还须要注意这个“in”的用法，是“之后”而不是“之内”。如果有人说“I'll be back in a minute”，是说“我一分钟之后回来”，而不是“一分钟之内回来”。

　　所以上面应译为“两个／几个星期后”

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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2006-03-28 08:35:11 GMT)
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On second thoughts, I could be wrong. This 'cycle' could mean 'take a ride'. So the possible translation is: 两个／几个星期后，批量用户则可玩一玩。 However, I need the preceeding contexts.

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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2006-03-28 08:40:17 GMT)
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Boy. I just noticed 'cycle IN IN...'. So I think my initial reasoning is more plausible.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : I will be "back in" IN a minute? / http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1289595
2 hrs
That means you will be back AFTER a minute.
neutral Jing Nie : 您的解释没有看懂,但是批量用户一般是政府部门等大单位,从逻辑上说他们一般不可能使用试用版的软件。
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