16:17 Aug 8, 2006 |
French to English translations [Non-PRO] Bus/Financial - Journalism / Internet | |||||||
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Internet take-up Explanation: Home Internet take-up still rising. 'take-up' is often used as a popular (i,.e. general public) substitute for penetration which has a specific meaning known only to the specialists. |
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make its way Explanation: I would go with something like this: The Internet continues to make its way into more homes/households.. |
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the number of households with internet access continues to increase Explanation: the number of households with internet access continues to increase |
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Home use of the Internet keeps skyrocketing / continues to expand Explanation: An idea |
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private Internet access is increasing steadily Explanation: An alternative. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2006-08-08 22:03:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- OR: ... is on the rise. |
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home broadband use continues its relentless growth/ continues to grow/is on the up and up Explanation: broadband is more common than internet nowadays broadband use continues to grow rapidly – over four in 10 adults use broadband at home. In research among 2003 US adults surveyed by telephone ... www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=492 - 37k Digital Television and Broadband continue to grow, shows Ofcom research ... To use broadband over a standard telephone line the user needs to replace ... www.e-mpowerment.org/pages/broadband.htm - 27k -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 hrs (2006-08-09 06:28:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- just heard on the radio ... home Internet use is hugely buoyant and home broadband use is increasingly active -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 hrs (2006-08-09 11:31:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- sorry ... don't like insisting too much but just heard another! home Internet use continues to make inroads |
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