Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 5, 2007 14:48
17 yrs ago
Japanese term
United Kingdom
待機中
Japanese to English
Tech/Engineering
Telecom(munications)
mobile phones
This describes the state of a mobile phone when it is on, willing and able to recieve calls. I'm not sure if there is a standard term for this; call-ready, idle, waiting? Thought it might be alert mode but this is something else. Any high confidence answers?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | standy by |
Troy Fowler
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| 3 +1 | ready state / waiting for incoming calls (see explanation) |
Kurt Hammond
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| 4 | idle |
peter arnout
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Proposed translations
+3
3 mins
Selected
standy by
I'm pretty sure this is 'stand by'
...maybe someone more versed on mobile phones can verify this.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-03-05 23:45:38 GMT) Post-grading
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I just realized I wrote "standy by" how embarrasing....Naturally, I meant "standby" as one word. Oops.
...maybe someone more versed on mobile phones can verify this.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-03-05 23:45:38 GMT) Post-grading
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I just realized I wrote "standy by" how embarrasing....Naturally, I meant "standby" as one word. Oops.
Note from asker:
| For some reason I dismissed this out of my head, probably thinking of computers. But its probably right! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
YNishi
: or standby
7 mins
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| agree |
Red & Black
36 mins
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| agree |
KathyT
: with 'standby'
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Well, I've just found several onling glossaries which say this sort of thing: "standby mode: ... switched on and ready to make or receive a call, without being used for an actual call." And it's near deadline, so I'm going with this."
+1
50 mins
Kurt Hammond
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Related KudoZ points
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143
ready state / waiting for incoming calls (see explanation)
If the phone is being actively used for non-calling operations but still able to accept incoming calls, I would not use "idle" or "standby." I would say the phone is in a "ready state". For your 着信を待機する, I would say "waiting for incoming calls" - I think you may need to adjust the term you use slightly depending on context.
examples: "The phone is able to accept incoming calls even when being used by the operator" or "The phone is listening for incoming calls"
examples: "The phone is able to accept incoming calls even when being used by the operator" or "The phone is listening for incoming calls"
Note from asker:
| Thanks. Your answers were very helpful. |
6 mins
peter arnout
Belgium
Belgium
Works in field
Belgium
Getting Better all the Time
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, French to Dutch, Dutch to English, and 5 more.
idle
I googled it, so...
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-05 15:49:11 GMT)
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着信を待機する: indeed: waiting for incoming calls (or mails or whatever)
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-05 15:49:11 GMT)
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着信を待機する: indeed: waiting for incoming calls (or mails or whatever)
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