Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
canales de conversación (COMMENTS ON USAGE, PLEASE)
English translation:
chat channels
Added to glossary by
Stuart Allsop
Feb 20, 2007 21:32
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Chile
17 years in technology and mining
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
canales de conversación (COMMENTS ON USAGE, PLEASE)
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I'm doing a back-translation (from Spanish back to English), and I have come across this term where it is obvious that the text is talking about Internat chat rooms. I have never seen "chat rooms" translated as "canales de conversación", and I'm wondering if this was just something inveted by the original translator, or if it is actually used like that in some country.
Has anyone ever seen this before?
CONTEXT: "¡LOL! (Las iniciales LOL las utilizan en vez de decir “riéndome a carcajadas” en los ***canales de conversación*** en la red de Internet). "
Has anyone ever seen this before?
CONTEXT: "¡LOL! (Las iniciales LOL las utilizan en vez de decir “riéndome a carcajadas” en los ***canales de conversación*** en la red de Internet). "
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | chat channels |
tazdog (X)
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| 5 +1 | chat rooms |
bigedsenior
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| 4 +1 | chat channels |
Luis Javier Otoya
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| 4 | he oido llamarles "canales de chateo" (que horror!) |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 3 | channels of conversation |
Anton Baer
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Proposed translations
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chat channels
Hi Stuart,
I used to use IRC (Internet Relay Chat) around 10 years ago, and IRC is indeed based on channels:
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called ***channels***, but also allows one-to-one communication and data transfers via private message.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
If you look for "chat channels", there are almost 200,000 hits.
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q="chat channels"
Just to confirm, here's your Spanish expression in a text referring to IRC:
Actualmente, los ***canales de conversación del IRC*** abarcan todos los temas habidos y por haber, pudiendo encontrar canales en los que se habla de los temas más simples, hasta canales en donde los temas de conversación son absolutamente serios y "sesudos". Es decir por hacer un símil, podemos encontrar canales parecidos a las antiguas "party-lines", hasta canales que más bien se parecen a aquellas tertulias de café de los intelectuales
http://www.diabetesjuvenil.com/documentos_html/dj_manual_irc...
I used to use IRC (Internet Relay Chat) around 10 years ago, and IRC is indeed based on channels:
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called ***channels***, but also allows one-to-one communication and data transfers via private message.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
If you look for "chat channels", there are almost 200,000 hits.
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q="chat channels"
Just to confirm, here's your Spanish expression in a text referring to IRC:
Actualmente, los ***canales de conversación del IRC*** abarcan todos los temas habidos y por haber, pudiendo encontrar canales en los que se habla de los temas más simples, hasta canales en donde los temas de conversación son absolutamente serios y "sesudos". Es decir por hacer un símil, podemos encontrar canales parecidos a las antiguas "party-lines", hasta canales que más bien se parecen a aquellas tertulias de café de los intelectuales
http://www.diabetesjuvenil.com/documentos_html/dj_manual_irc...
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Comment: "Thanks Cindy, and also ljo! You both gave the same suggestion, but it was Cindy's references that convinced me."
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Anton Baer
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Slovak to English, Czech to English, and 3 more.
channels of conversation
You need a general expression like the above to encompass chat rooms, instant messaging, and, to a lesser extent, email. I have seen the term used in emails, though those are not quite 'conversation'. Chat rooms however are not the only forums -- instant messaging is very popular (and useful for translations too, if you can get a colleague on the other end!)
14 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
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English
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Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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he oido llamarles "canales de chateo" (que horror!)
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+1
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Luis Javier Otoya
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Translations that speak your language
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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19
chat channels
I don't think the original translator invented it... I see that in cyber-lingo "chat channel" and "chat room" are used as synonyms
Peer comment(s):
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tazdog (X)
6 hrs
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+1
20 hrs
chat rooms
It seems the translator was being creative!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
amj_services (X)
: chat rooms seems just fine
61 days
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thanks
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