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altoparlanti manuali

English translation: megaphone

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Italian term or phrase:altoparlanti manuali
English translation:megaphone
Entered by: Francesco D'Arcangeli

00:54 Jun 13, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Italian term or phrase: altoparlanti manuali
Non so bene in che senso vada inteso "manuali"
so che rappresentano uno dei modi in cui viene dato l'avviso di evacuazione di una costruzione in un cantiere navale insieme con
"Accensione e spegnimento per tre volte consecutive dell’impianto luce provvisoria di bordo" e
"Cassette di Allarme del “Sistema di Comunicazione di Allarme Provvisorio di Bordo” qualora presente e nelle zone in cui è già installato (comunicazione vocale e visiva tramite luci lampeggianti poste sulle cassette di Allarme)"
Francesco D'Arcangeli
Italy
Local time: 16:14
megaphone
Explanation:
Originally produced by a single company, and covered by a registered trademark, 'megaphone' has become part of the English language.
Selected response from:

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 10:14
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3megaphone
Jennifer Levey
4(hand-held) horn speaker
TrishCivitella


Discussion entries: 2





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
megaphone


Explanation:
Originally produced by a single company, and covered by a registered trademark, 'megaphone' has become part of the English language.

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Cox
1 hr
agree  Hilary Bruce
7 hrs
agree  Giovanni Pizzati (X)
14 hrs
neutral  James (Jim) Davis: Sound logical, but I've never seen it before neither has Google http://www.google.com/search?hl=it&q="altoparlanti manuali" -kudoz&lr= I think he has to ask the client for confirmation.
1 day 2 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(hand-held) horn speaker


Explanation:
If they are talking about alarm systems, then this may be appropriate.
see the link.... though there are lots of other sites as well.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-06-13 05:01:30 GMT)
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Oops... forgot the ".com"
Here it is again:
www.freepatentsonline.com/4492827.html


    Reference: http://www.freepatentsonline/4492827.html
TrishCivitella
Local time: 16:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jennifer Levey: This is the type of generic circumlocution often used in patents to avoid referring to trade-marked products by name. Your term is not used in everyday English.
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