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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Portieren

English translation:

transfer

Added to glossary by Jan Liebelt
Dec 19, 2003 14:42
20 yrs ago
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German term

Portieren

German to English Tech/Engineering Telecom(munications) Telecommunication
The act of taking your telephone number with you when you leave one operator and sign up with another.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 to move/to transfer
4 +2 to keep
5 keep number / Portability
5 to port
2 to take along

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Dec 19, 2003:
"Port"? Given that the term "portability" is used to describe the ability to take a number with you, could the answer simply be "to port" (as naff as that sounds)?
Non-ProZ.com Dec 19, 2003:
"Port"? Given that the term "portability" is used to describe the ability to take a number with you, could the answer simply be "to port" (as naff as that sounds)?

Proposed translations

+2
30 mins
Selected

to move/to transfer

That's what I've had recently in a CRM manual. I didn't choose portieren in German but mitnehmen and umziehen (from the users' and the telco companys' views). Portieren sounds awkward in German (IMO). I don't think to port sounds any better in English (FWIW).
Peer comment(s):
agree Manfred Mondt
3 hrs
agree Gareth McMillan : Agree with transfer.
21 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: ""Transfer" seems to be the word English-language sites about portability are using, so you get the nod! Thanks everyone!"
8 mins

to take along

just a guess, i dont know whether there is a special term in english for this
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+2
10 mins

to keep

you 'keep' a portable phone no.
Peer comment(s):
agree Trudy Peters : I you can't work portability into the sentence, this would work
1 hr
agree roneill
2 hrs
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2 hrs

keep number / Portability

"keep your number" would simply be the best way to describe it in a marketing/user text. See link for 02 website for explanation...

"Mobile number portability" you can find on the vodafone website. Would be a more technical industry term. I remember this term being used in some legal european act called something like "European MNP act".

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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2003-12-19 16:59:25 GMT)
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The whole sentence would be useful to get a nice sounding phrase...

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Note added at 2 hrs 20 mins (2003-12-19 17:03:21 GMT)
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see also: http://www.imobile.com.au/WhatsNew/default.asp?ID=whatoct010... for Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Reference:

http://www.o2.co.uk/productsservices/tariffs/pay_go/keepyournumber.html

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/cgi-bin/COUK/portal/ep/browse.do?channelPath=/Vodafone%20Portal/About%20Vodafone/The%20company

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481 days

to port

Although this question closed ages ago, I thought I might answer as I'm sure that this is simply "to port" in English, and this could help someone else in future. I recently had to go through this process in the UK and was referred to the "port queries hotline". Here are two examples below (one UK, one US).
Reference:

http://www.theorder.co.uk/info_pages/general/number%20port.asp

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/dispatcher?action=DISPLAY&item=_FAQ_TOPIC&topicID=95

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