Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
paging device
Japanese translation:
無線呼び出し機器（ポケット・ベル）
Added to glossary by
Timothy Takemoto
Mar 16, 2004 12:21
20 yrs ago
English term
Japan
paging device
English to Japanese
Tech/Engineering
Electronics / Elect Eng
I know "pager" means "ポケット・ベル" but suspect that the "paging device" may have a wider definition. For example, is tranceiver included in "paging devices"?
Let me know how "paging devices" are.
Let me know how "paging devices" are.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | ポケベル |
Timothy Takemoto
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| 5 | 呼出装置 |
Nobuo Kawamura
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| 3 +1 | ページング装置 |
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Proposed translations
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Timothy Takemoto
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Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
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ポケベル
As far as I know a pager is pager is pocket bell. 人間がするのであれば装置ではないでしょう I have not heard of anything other than a pocket bell being called a pager. A person that pages is called a "page," not a pager. Before there were pagers there were loudspeaker systems, but as far as I know, they were not called pagers, but loudspeaker systems, or Tannoy systems (after the famous American company).
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Note added at 40 mins (2004-03-16 13:02:24 GMT)
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Sorry I meant a ¥"paging device¥" is a ¥"pager¥"
I think it is a fancier way of saying the same thing. So, in Japanese a fancier way of saying ¥"pocket bell¥" is 無線呼び出し機器 無線呼び出し装置 but I would put ポケット・ベル in brackets.
Does anyone know of a paging device other than a pager? I think that in the abstract one could talk about one. As in ¥"He invented a paging device based on the use of carrier pigeons.¥" Hmm...In which case I would agree with the above.
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Note added at 40 mins (2004-03-16 13:02:24 GMT)
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Sorry I meant a ¥"paging device¥" is a ¥"pager¥"
I think it is a fancier way of saying the same thing. So, in Japanese a fancier way of saying ¥"pocket bell¥" is 無線呼び出し機器 無線呼び出し装置 but I would put ポケット・ベル in brackets.
Does anyone know of a paging device other than a pager? I think that in the abstract one could talk about one. As in ¥"He invented a paging device based on the use of carrier pigeons.¥" Hmm...In which case I would agree with the above.
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Comment: "Thank all of you for responses. From your suggestions, I believe that "pager" and "paging device" are nearly equal in current situation."
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Nobuo Kawamura
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呼出装置
いまは電子的な装置ですが昔は人間がやっていました
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Note added at 2004-03-16 12:40:21 (GMT)
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Pager is a very broad term used through many centuries whereas a paging device is a product of our contemporary society that is highly technology-oriented.
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Note added at 2004-03-16 12:40:21 (GMT)
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Pager is a very broad term used through many centuries whereas a paging device is a product of our contemporary society that is highly technology-oriented.
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ページング装置
I don't know in what context "paging device" is used, but "ページング装置" can be another possibility. Visit the link to see how it is used in Japanese and to see whether this fits your contexts.
Peer comment(s):
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Timothy Takemoto
: But then again I might use both 呼出装置(ポケットベル)
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Thanks. But, I think "paging device" is not limited to ポケットベル.
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