Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
直加入電話
English translation:
Fixed-line phone
Added to glossary by
Wei Peng Loy
Dec 1, 2007 00:51
16 yrs ago
Japanese term
直加入電話
Japanese to English
Social Sciences
Telecom(munications)
What is the correct term for this telephone service in Japan? Thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | Fixed-line phone |
Harvey Beasley
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| 3 +1 | Direct Subscriber Telephone |
Ruth Sato
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| 2 | landline (fixed-line) phone services offered by telecom companies other than NTT East and West |
Maki Ahn (X)
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Proposed translations
+3
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Fixed-line phone
直収電話 - Fixed-line phone
I think they are actually different names for the same thing. See the first few lines of the wiki entry for 直収電話.
「直加入電話、地域系電話（事業者）とも称する。」
I think they are actually different names for the same thing. See the first few lines of the wiki entry for 直収電話.
「直加入電話、地域系電話（事業者）とも称する。」
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Comment: "Thanks."
+1
1 hr
Direct Subscriber Telephone
Here's another suggestion. I don't know if this fits your translation. Good luck.
7 hrs
landline (fixed-line) phone services offered by telecom companies other than NTT East and West
I'm happy with Harvey's answer, and NRI's dictionary says 'fixed-line phone,' but when I read the definition of the term, it refers to the landline (or fixed-line) phone services offered by non-NTT telecom companies. Since NTT East and West also offer landline/fixed-line phone services, if you'd want to be precise, I would translate the term this way. I know, it's long! HTH :)
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-12-01 09:38:46 GMT)
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I just came up with a better, simpler term :)
"non-NTT fixed-line phones"
How's that?
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-12-01 09:38:46 GMT)
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I just came up with a better, simpler term :)
"non-NTT fixed-line phones"
How's that?
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