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Subject:English-Spanish User Guide From:Howard <howardg -at- SAVVY -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 30 Jun 1995 11:00:37 -0400
Hi, All!
I am working on a user guide for one of our telephone-response
applications. The English document needs a Spanish translation. The
translator knows what she would say in conversation, but wants to be sure
to use the correct technical term. These are the troublesome words:
Touch-Tone: can we use the word _digital_?
Rotary: can we use the word _dial_?
Voice, as in _Voice response_: what is the technical translation for that
phrase?
Beep/click: when documenting these _sounds_, are there different Spanish
onomatopoeic words for these telephone sounds?
Thank you for your help on this one.
--Howard
Technical Writer
"Chaos is nature's way of getting things done." Ancient Tibetan Saying
Computer columnist for _Ohio Valley Computing_
Co-Author of the IDG book _Internet Gizmos for Windows_
