Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Identifikationsmerkmalträgern
English translation:
Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags/fobs
Added to glossary by
Hermien Desaivre
Jan 16, 2013 07:48
11 yrs ago
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Identifikationsmerkmalträgern
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
Access control in a building
Der Berechtigungsnachweis wird mit berührungslosen *Identifikationsmerkmalträgern* in Form eines Schlüsselanhängers (Token) geführt.
I know what this means - some form of electronic device you carry on you as a person and which is coded with your identification details, so that scanning or swiping it would unlock doors or display your credentials/ID information. But how does one express this in English?
Thanks so much!
I know what this means - some form of electronic device you carry on you as a person and which is coded with your identification details, so that scanning or swiping it would unlock doors or display your credentials/ID information. But how does one express this in English?
Thanks so much!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | using contactless Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) |
Lancashireman
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| 3 +2 | RFID tag |
Lis Liesicke
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| 3 | identifying token (on a keychain) |
Max Hellwig
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Change log
Jan 16, 2013 08:18: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Electronics / Elect Eng"
Proposed translations
+3
14 mins
German term (edited):
mit berührungslosen Identifikationsmerkmalträgern
Selected
using contactless Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID)
...in the form of a keyfob
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of a wireless non-contact system that uses radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag attached to an object, for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking. Some tags require no battery and are powered and read at short ranges via magnetic fields (electromagnetic induction)...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of a wireless non-contact system that uses radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag attached to an object, for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking. Some tags require no battery and are powered and read at short ranges via magnetic fields (electromagnetic induction)...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Steffen Walter
: I think "contactless" can be omitted because RFID is contactless by definition.
16 mins
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| agree |
David Moore (X)
1 hr
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| agree |
Thayenga
: With Steffen. :)
1 day 6 mins
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Comment: "Thank you!"
7 mins
identifying token (on a keychain)
I suppose it would be easier to rearrange the sentence than to maintain the German monster-compound...
+2
20 mins
RFID tag
or ID tag / RFID keyfob
I have one of these (as in the picture below) to access rooms at college
I have one of these (as in the picture below) to access rooms at college
Note from asker:
| Lis, thanks; had to allocate to Andrew who was faster on the draw! |
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