Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

site

English answer:

location, place

Added to glossary by Darko Kolega
Mar 27, 2011 16:22
13 yrs ago
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English term

site

English Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) business software
Dissociate Technician(s) from Site
ence the site cannot be modified
One of the value with which the site is modified depends on an object which does not exist
Choose Site
Site Pending Requests




is site here location, place ???
web place??? page??
Change log

Mar 27, 2011 16:37: Travelin Ann changed "Field (write-in)" from "bussiness software" to "business software"

Discussion

Darko Kolega (asker) Mar 29, 2011:
yes, you've right thanks!
B D Finch Mar 29, 2011:
Meaning? You won't get a useful answer if you ask the wrong question. What you need to find out from the client is not their preference for one term or another (a choice usually better made by the translator than the client), but what the overall subject and purpose of the text is.
Darko Kolega (asker) Mar 29, 2011:
I find "location" most suitable....
Darko Kolega (asker) Mar 29, 2011:
these are strings for a software I asked already client if "location" or "Web-location" is what he likes, no reply - I put location....today I'm getting another big part of project, I hope to resolve this puzzle...thanks!
B D Finch Mar 29, 2011:
What is the list about? I read the list you posted as a set of descriptions or choices for display on a computer screen. However, one thing I am sure about is that unless you can understand the overall meaning and purpose of the text you are translating, you have no hope of translating it adequately. Can't you get some background information from your client?
Darko Kolega (asker) Mar 27, 2011:
in over 14 000 source words there is just one web entry! (Web form)....it's about configuration Items(CIs) and SLAs (Service Level Agreement); it seems that technicians are assigned to certain locations (work stations) and deal wth problems and incidents....there fore "location" , not web-site...
B D Finch Mar 27, 2011:
physical location? How can a physical location be subject to a modification that depends upon a non-existant object? That sounds more like mysticism than IT.
Darko Kolega (asker) Mar 27, 2011:
I'm ot sure it is a web-site rather physical location....
Darko Kolega (asker) Mar 27, 2011:
All I know is that it is about customer inquires and some requests - no special activity mentioned at all; it is all around assets/technicians/CIs..and bunch of button names and strings....all too general..
Tony M Mar 27, 2011:
Any of those! I'm afraid your guess is as good as mine, since you haven't told us anything about the context you have encountered this in!

What is this software all about, what sort of technicians are these, and above all, what sort of activities are involved? Armed with that information, one ought to be able to work out which meaning is the right one.

Responses

16 hrs
Selected

location, place

Right, in the light of that very important extra context, this does seem rather to clinch it.

Note that even as a location or place, 'site' might have more than one meaning: some large companies may operate from several different locations — for example, office HQ, production site, regional distribution depots, etc. These would be referred to as 'sites' belonging to this company.

However, it might also be referring to customer sites — depending on what activity this is, and what sector they're in, they might have engineers assigned to specific customer premises.
I think what they must be referring to here is the association within their IS of one particular engineer with one particular location.

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Note added at 16 heures (2011-03-28 09:05:44 GMT)
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In IT, a physical site (as included in an IS, for example) can be 'modified' by the 'value' of other variables — and some of these might be indirectly derived from other 'objects' (cf. the kind of errors you get in Excel with 'value not found' etc.)
Note from asker:
thanks for support and explanation - it is so easy when it is right (everything fits perfect)
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14 mins

website

The following could hardly refer to a place:
"One of the value with which the site is modified depends on an object which does not exist"

"Value", should of course, be "values".

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Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2011-03-29 08:56:13 GMT)
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It could be an intranet site, rather than a website.
Peer comment(s):

agree ERNESTO GARCIA MARIN
2 mins
Thanks Ernesto
agree MedTrans&More
37 mins
Thanks MTM
agree eski : More than likely in the given context: Saludos! eski
5 hrs
Thanks eski.
agree Phong Le
7 hrs
Thanks Phong Le
neutral Tony M : I don't agree with your reasoning concerning values/modification. / It could be, yes — but I don't see any fundamental reason to rule out a physical site either
16 hrs
It could be an intranet site or a website? Having read the explanation to your answer again: you could be right. See my comment to Asker in the Discussion.
agree Thuy-PTT (X)
1 day 9 hrs
Thanks Thuy-PTT
agree Pham Huu Phuoc
1 day 21 hrs
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