Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

diales de TV

English translation:

television stations / television dials

Added to glossary by Bubo Coroman (X)
Dec 23, 2010 16:15
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

diales de TV

Spanish to English Other Media / Multimedia emisiones televisivas
the text is about providing TV and Internet broadcasting services, but unfortunately I can't quote from it as it's confidential. However this is an explanation I received from the person handling the job:

"Los diales de la TV son como los diales de la radio. Es la cifra donde se situa esa emisora de radio o canal de TV. Si buscas los canales de TV en la TDT, verás que cada uno se situa en un número diferente: 24, 27... Digamos que es su situación dentro del sistema de canales. en las radios antiguas aparecen unos números y tienes que situar la aguja allí para oír una emisora. En los televisores antiguos ocurría lo mismo."

Many thanks in advance.
Change log

Dec 25, 2010 10:46: Bubo Coroman (X) Created KOG entry

Discussion

philgoddard Dec 23, 2010:
Thanks - that helps!
Bubo Coroman (X) (asker) Dec 23, 2010:
hope this helps Phil sorry for the lack of context... apart from the confidentiality aspect the text is very short and there is little helpful context, but this may shed some light: "Desde el inicio del mes [cifra] se realizarán las gestiones para la captación de los diales de TV que se irán incorporando a la emisión de la programación del canal"
philgoddard Dec 23, 2010:
Looks like it means the channel, frequency, or position on the dial, but you're not helping us much by declining to give any context. Can't you just replace any references to the client's name with XXX?

Proposed translations

8 mins
Selected

television tuning dials

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Note added at 12 minutos (2010-12-23 16:27:44 GMT)
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Possibly also television tuning wheels.
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : Not disagreeing with you, and this is the literal translation, but we don't have any context - and have TVs ever had dials?
7 mins
# ► # WBP - Television Dials Television Dial · Digital TV Dial. Northeast Iowa: Television Dial · Digital TV Dial. Western UP Michigan: Television Dial · Digital TV Dial ... www.angelfire.com/wi/jrosin5765/tv/tv.html - Cached
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "many thanks to both who contributed!"
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21 mins

TV frequencies

Not totally sure about this, but see the context provided in the discussion entries.

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Note added at 22 mins (2010-12-23 16:38:09 GMT)
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ie obtaining the frequencies required to broadcast the channel.
Peer comment(s):

agree John Marais : I would go with your answer since it seems to fit the explanation given, if not the original.
22 mins
Thanks - actually I think it fits both.
agree Thayenga : Agree. Merry Christmas. :)
32 mins
Same to you!
agree Charles Davis : TVs did literally have tuning dials long ago; hence the expression "Don't touch that dial!" (don't switch channels during the ad break). Clearly frequencies here. In John's source a dial means a station and its corresponding frequency.
7 hrs
Thanks.
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