Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
aplicaciones Web de contactos
English translation:
(social) networking sites/applications
Added to glossary by
Kate Major Patience
Jun 23, 2008 11:09
15 yrs ago
Spanish term
Spain
Analytical and creative (DipTrans, MA)
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Galician to English, English
aplicaciones Web de contactos
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Hardware
human-device interaction
Ejemplo de estas aplicaciones [en entornos de ocio] son algunas desarrolladas para Televisión, donde el avatar actúa como presentador virtual en tiempo real, para museos, donde el avatar actúa como guía virtual o para ***aplicaciones Web de contactos*** (o comunidades virtuales), donde el avatar actúa como amigo virtual representando al usuario.
This is a piece on developments in human-device interaction. I do not know what this particular term would be in English. Nothing convincing is coming up for either contact-based or contact-oriented web applications....
All help appreciated. British English. Thanks in advance. :)
This is a piece on developments in human-device interaction. I do not know what this particular term would be in English. Nothing convincing is coming up for either contact-based or contact-oriented web applications....
All help appreciated. British English. Thanks in advance. :)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 1 | networking sites/applications |
Rebecca Hendry
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| 4 +1 | Web contacts application |
Melina Ruiz Arias
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| 4 | "Contact applications" |
eski
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Proposed translations
4 mins
Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
MSc MITI MCIL Chartered Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
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networking sites/applications
Hi Kate,
I'm afraid this is a complete guess, but this is what came to mind - a networking site, such as LinkedIn, where you can share busines contacts and get introduced to potential collaborators/clients (i.e. contacts).
Good luck!
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-06-23 11:14:50 GMT)
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Sorry, typo, businesS!
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-06-23 11:17:42 GMT)
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If this is the right idea, you might want to add "business networking sites" if it is for work-related networking only, or "social networking sites" if it's referring to sites like facebook.
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Note added at 13 mins (2008-06-23 11:23:27 GMT)
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Ah yes, sorry I missed your note that this was for "entornos de ocio". "Social networking sites" is almost certainly the most commonly-used term for sites like facebook, MySpace and bebo. I'm not sure if they are what you would call "applications" per se, but perhaps "sites" would be ok for your context.
I'm afraid this is a complete guess, but this is what came to mind - a networking site, such as LinkedIn, where you can share busines contacts and get introduced to potential collaborators/clients (i.e. contacts).
Good luck!
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-06-23 11:14:50 GMT)
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Sorry, typo, businesS!
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-06-23 11:17:42 GMT)
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If this is the right idea, you might want to add "business networking sites" if it is for work-related networking only, or "social networking sites" if it's referring to sites like facebook.
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Note added at 13 mins (2008-06-23 11:23:27 GMT)
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Ah yes, sorry I missed your note that this was for "entornos de ocio". "Social networking sites" is almost certainly the most commonly-used term for sites like facebook, MySpace and bebo. I'm not sure if they are what you would call "applications" per se, but perhaps "sites" would be ok for your context.
Note from asker:
| Hi Rebecca. Sure, it's something along these lines, and in this case (see context above) it is leisure we're talking about, so as you say, things like Facebook and any other "networking applications" as you put it, where people are in contact or making contacts. You may well have got a nice version there with 'social networking sites'. Thank you! :) |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "'social networking sites' worked very well. Thanks everyone. :)"
+1
10 mins
Melina Ruiz Arias
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
&
English
Argentina
AEROSPACE translator and interpreter
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Web contacts application
Example:
Other areas that a developer may investigate for improvements to the Web contacts application are numerous, but a few are listed below (...)
(see: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=24822&seqNum...
Example 2:
MCC-WEB's Shared Contacts let you easily share groups of contacts with co-workers or other associates.
(see: http://www.mcc-web.com/mcc_email.asp)
Hope it helps!
Other areas that a developer may investigate for improvements to the Web contacts application are numerous, but a few are listed below (...)
(see: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=24822&seqNum...
Example 2:
MCC-WEB's Shared Contacts let you easily share groups of contacts with co-workers or other associates.
(see: http://www.mcc-web.com/mcc_email.asp)
Hope it helps!
5 hrs
"Contact applications"
See examples and links below, Kate. Saludos. :)
Example sentence:
"...contact applications offer a powerful resource to..."
"...contact application is now available for..."
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