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marifoon

English translation: marine telephone

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Dutch term or phrase:marifoon
English translation:marine telephone
Entered by: Santa Botha

15:03 Dec 12, 2005
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Dutch term or phrase: marifoon
Deze operators geven relevante informatie aan de scheepvaart via de marifoonkanalen (VHF).
Santa Botha
Local time: 04:43
marine telephone
Explanation:
As per Van Dale
also 635 hits on Google



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Note added at 1 hr 1 min (2005-12-12 16:05:14 GMT)
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Note: there are web sites that call this a 'mariphone' but many of them are Dutch/Belgian
Selected response from:

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 04:43
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2marine telephone
Kate Hudson (X)
5marine radio telephone
DutchConnection
5marine phone
Wouter van Kampen
3 +1mariphone
Maaike van Vlijmen


  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mariphone


Explanation:
I guess...and found some hits in Google

Maaike van Vlijmen
Netherlands
Local time: 04:43
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DutchConnection: Mariphone channels, see www.tresco.be/en/pr_n_inlandecdis.html
18 mins
neutral  writeaway: sounds/looks Dunglish, not English
3 hrs
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
marine radio telephone


Explanation:
One of many web references below.

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Note added at 37 mins (2005-12-12 15:40:48 GMT)
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This is the VHF one, as opposed to the marine satellite telephone.


    www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/ ra/topics/maritime/maritimemanual2/maritime.htm
DutchConnection
Local time: 03:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 9
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
marine telephone


Explanation:
As per Van Dale
also 635 hits on Google



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Note added at 1 hr 1 min (2005-12-12 16:05:14 GMT)
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Note: there are web sites that call this a 'mariphone' but many of them are Dutch/Belgian

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 04:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 90
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: if one wants to make it all the way to English
20 mins
agree  Jack den Haan: With marine telephone channels (VHF). I think the addition of VHF is essential, but that was in the source text anyway.
25 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
marine phone


Explanation:
yeah well, sailors call these things marine phones. Marine telephones are for the high-brows :D

Wouter van Kampen
Thailand
Local time: 09:43
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: imho not enough difference in English between marine phone and marine telephone to justify a posting as a separate answer/ ;-)
1 hr
  -> I am totally and absolutely of the same opinion. Cheerio :-)
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