Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Seat

Finnish translation:

alusta

Added to glossary by Marie Winerfeldt
May 16, 2007 19:49
17 yrs ago
English term

Seat

English to Finnish Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) Software
Seat of application software for use with a laptop

What would be the translation for "seat"?
Proposed translations (Finnish)
4 +1 alusta
3 +3 valikoima

Proposed translations

+1
6 mins
Selected

alusta

may be a poor translation of platform, meaning operating environment or host = alusta

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-05-16 19:57:00 GMT)
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seat of application software = ohjelmistoalusta
Note from asker:
Great! Thanks!
Peer comment(s):

agree Jussi Rosti : probably a bad translation from another language
16 hrs
Thanks - that's what I was thinking.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks!"
+3
1 day 2 hrs

valikoima

what if...

the word is a spelling mistake, when it is supposed to be "set of application software..."!

Check your context!
Peer comment(s):

agree Sami Mills Seppälä (X) : That's a really good point, Jouni! Google finds 109,000 hits for the phrase "set of application software".
3 days 9 hrs
kiitos sami!
agree Desmond O'Rourke : Good point - I have just discovered your answer now!
3 days 15 hrs
jolly pancho ;)
agree Alfa Trans (X)
4 days
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