Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Beamer
English translation:
projector/beamer
Aug 23, 2001 09:34
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German term
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Beamer
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Media / Multimedia
In a press release:
"Bereits im nächsten Jahr soll diese leistungsfähige Energieversorgung für Notebooks, mobile Drucker oder **Beamer** zur Verfügung stehen."
Am I right in thinking this is some kind of projector?
Thanks in advance!
"Bereits im nächsten Jahr soll diese leistungsfähige Energieversorgung für Notebooks, mobile Drucker oder **Beamer** zur Verfügung stehen."
Am I right in thinking this is some kind of projector?
Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
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| 0 +1 | beamer |
Mary Worby
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| 0 | Yes. Following you have some advertising copy that's |
Parrot
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| 0 | beamer / projector |
Roland Grefer
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Change log
Dec 27, 2011 11:31: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Media / Multimedia"
Proposed translations
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23 mins
Mary Worby
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beamer
Apparently, technically, it's the sort of projector you can connect to a computer system, see definition below:
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?beamer
So you could leave it as a beamer. But they may also be using it in a more general context (because it sounds English and cool!) so you may be happier with projector.
A couple more links below for good measure!
Computer Projector
Computer Projector (Beamer): Introduction. A high-brightness
high-resolution projector used to beam ...
hepweb.rl.ac.uk/PPEP/exhibits/Projector/description.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
beamer
... beamer. <hardware, jargon> A video projector that can be connected to a computer
instead of, or as well as, a monitor, and used for making presentations. ...
burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/foldoc/86/10.htm - 1k - Cached - Similar pages
HTH
Mary
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?beamer
So you could leave it as a beamer. But they may also be using it in a more general context (because it sounds English and cool!) so you may be happier with projector.
A couple more links below for good measure!
Computer Projector
Computer Projector (Beamer): Introduction. A high-brightness
high-resolution projector used to beam ...
hepweb.rl.ac.uk/PPEP/exhibits/Projector/description.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
beamer
... beamer. <hardware, jargon> A video projector that can be connected to a computer
instead of, or as well as, a monitor, and used for making presentations. ...
burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/foldoc/86/10.htm - 1k - Cached - Similar pages
HTH
Mary
Reference:
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Mary! Because my text was otherwise very general, I've opted for projector as this will be more easily understood by the average reader."
7 mins
Yes. Following you have some advertising copy that's
quite clear on this point:
"Beamer für Datenprojektion :
Sie suchen einen Projektor, einen Beamer?
Da sind Sie bei uns genau richtig! Ob einen Beamer für`s Heimkino oder einen Beamer für Ihre professionelle Präsentation: Wir haben die Lösung! Zahlreiche Projektoren vorführbereit im Hause, so daß wir wissen, wovon wir reden! Wir können Ihnen genau sagen, welcher Projektor für Ihre Anwendung der optimale ist!"
"Beamer für Datenprojektion :
Sie suchen einen Projektor, einen Beamer?
Da sind Sie bei uns genau richtig! Ob einen Beamer für`s Heimkino oder einen Beamer für Ihre professionelle Präsentation: Wir haben die Lösung! Zahlreiche Projektoren vorführbereit im Hause, so daß wir wissen, wovon wir reden! Wir können Ihnen genau sagen, welcher Projektor für Ihre Anwendung der optimale ist!"
5 hrs
Roland Grefer
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English
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, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, English, and 1 more.
beamer / projector
Quite often the traditional (German)distinguishing line between these is made at
beamer: has a separate large lenses for each of the RGB signals; quite often installed stationary, i.e. mounted under the ceiling
projector: internal makeup similar to a projector for daylight pictures; single lamp, shining through a tiny LCD, projecting the LCD's image; commonly used as mobile projection devices.
Given your portable power supply context, the latter one seems to be the case for you.
beamer: has a separate large lenses for each of the RGB signals; quite often installed stationary, i.e. mounted under the ceiling
projector: internal makeup similar to a projector for daylight pictures; single lamp, shining through a tiny LCD, projecting the LCD's image; commonly used as mobile projection devices.
Given your portable power supply context, the latter one seems to be the case for you.
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