internautas

English translation: Internet users/ web surfers

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Spanish term or phrase:internautas
English translation:Internet users/ web surfers
Entered by: David Hollywood

19:40 Jun 3, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Internet, e-Commerce
Spanish term or phrase: internautas
In an article about a new online service. Are internautas simply internet users?
Los internautas también pueden consultar...una selección diaria de contenidos...
Jill Renwick
Local time: 13:57
web surfers/ users
Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 2 mins (2005-06-03 19:43:15 GMT)
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or: internet users

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-06-03 19:44:44 GMT)
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Non-profit organization dedicated to provide support to Internet users.
Project description: The Asociación de Internautas (Internet Users Association), ...

and \"Internet\" if you prefer :)
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David Hollywood
Local time: 10:57
Grading comment
Thanks, the terms are all vaguely similar, but think I will go with this one.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4internauts
Rebecca Hendry
4 +3web surfers/ users
David Hollywood
5 +1internet user
Denise De Peña (X)
5Internet user
aglaya
5cybernauts; websurfers
Marian Greenfield


Discussion entries: 1





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
internet user


Explanation:
Yes, you are right.

Denise De Peña (X)
Guatemala
Local time: 07:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  aglaya: Internet takes a capital
4 mins
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
internauts


Explanation:
Según esta referencia, los internautas son personas entrenadas para utilizar el internet:

Playing on the space motif of cyberspace, this term refers to someone who is trained to traverse the Internet.

see also: netizen , digiterati .



    Reference: http://www.netlingo.com/right.cfm?term=Internaut
Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oso (X): ¶:^)
2 mins
  -> Gracias Oso. :-)

agree  Jorge Rodrigues
8 mins
  -> Gracias Jorge.

agree  Patrice
3 hrs
  -> Thank you Patricia.

agree  Maria_Elena Garcia Guevara: SI
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Malega.
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
web surfers/ users


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 2 mins (2005-06-03 19:43:15 GMT)
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or: internet users

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-06-03 19:44:44 GMT)
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Non-profit organization dedicated to provide support to Internet users.
Project description: The Asociación de Internautas (Internet Users Association), ...

and \"Internet\" if you prefer :)

David Hollywood
Local time: 10:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks, the terms are all vaguely similar, but think I will go with this one.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Rabel
10 mins
  -> thx George :)

agree  Marina Soldati
3 hrs

agree  Mårten Sandberg: trivial, but the 1st earns some cred 8-)
7 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Internet user


Explanation:
or
Internet/Web surfer
Internaut/internaut

aglaya
Local time: 09:57
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cybernauts; websurfers


Explanation:
preferably cybernauts, as in a denizen of cyberspace...

Wooldridge: Expressing the Cybermedium in English and French
... "E. cybersurfer, cybernaut, netsurfer, network surfer, net head, netfarer = F.
internaute, cybernaute, netsurfeur, surfeur, inforoutier, cybérien." ...
www.chass.utoronto.ca/epc/chwp/wulfric5/ - 28k - Cached - Similar pages

Definition: cybernaut
cybernaut. cybernaut: 1. One who uses the Internet. 2. Synonym Web surfer.
This HTML version of Telecom Glossary 2K was last generated on Wed May 8 15:36:48 ...
www.its.bldrdoc.gov/projects/ devglossary/_cybernaut.html - 2k - Cached - Similar pages

Pinball and Arcade Flyers FOR SALE
... Cybernaut $8.00 SOLD Cybernaut (German) $9.00 Eight Ball Champ $8.00 ...
Surfer $20.00 Target Alpha $15.00 Canada Dry $35.00 Jacks Open $15.00 ...
www.pinballmania.com/flysale.html - 307k - Cached - Similar pages

Bruce Eisner's Writings
... How a Psychonaut Became a Cybernaut Part 1. Part 1 of 2. This is the story of
how I became a Cybernaut, traveling into the inner ...
www.bruceeisner.com/writings/ - 30k - Cached - Similar pages


Marian Greenfield
Local time: 09:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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