Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
materiale informatico
English translation:
IT material
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Lorraine Buckley (X)
Mar 25, 2012 23:24
12 yrs ago
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Italian term
materiale informatico
Italian to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers (general)
IT support services
I have a list of duties to be performed by an on-site IT support service, including
a) First-level technical support to users such as ...........
b) Gestione **materiale informatico**, incluso relativo inventario;
c) Cloning desktops and laptops (Windows and Mac environments);
d) Distributing software licences;
e) Configuring and maintenance of software on desktops, laptops, notebooks,,,,
Materiale informatico seems such an all-embracing term - I have seen it used both to describe hardware only and to mean HW-SW. In this case I don't know which it means - does 'inventario' give a clue it's Hardware only, or do companies keep inventories of the software installed on all devices ?
(apologies if question seems absurd to experts - but for the ignorant end user........any help is much appreciated!)
a) First-level technical support to users such as ...........
b) Gestione **materiale informatico**, incluso relativo inventario;
c) Cloning desktops and laptops (Windows and Mac environments);
d) Distributing software licences;
e) Configuring and maintenance of software on desktops, laptops, notebooks,,,,
Materiale informatico seems such an all-embracing term - I have seen it used both to describe hardware only and to mean HW-SW. In this case I don't know which it means - does 'inventario' give a clue it's Hardware only, or do companies keep inventories of the software installed on all devices ?
(apologies if question seems absurd to experts - but for the ignorant end user........any help is much appreciated!)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | IT material |
James (Jim) Davis
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| 3 | data processing material |
Marco Solinas
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| 3 | hardware and software |
Cameron Fordyce
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Proposed translations
6 hrs
James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Seychelles
Native in English
Works in field
Seychelles
25 years experience constantly improving
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
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63
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IT material
IT is the standard translation for "informatico".
In answer to your questions, all companies keep an inventory of everything that they buy, so of course they must keep an inventory of the software that they buy and all the user licenses for it that they buy, which means every programme on every computers. It is the job of the IT admin office.
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Note added at 10 hrs (2012-03-26 09:50:51 GMT)
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Careful not to add and "s" to "material" which would then become ambiguous with materials used in IT manufacturing processes.
In answer to your questions, all companies keep an inventory of everything that they buy, so of course they must keep an inventory of the software that they buy and all the user licenses for it that they buy, which means every programme on every computers. It is the job of the IT admin office.
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Note added at 10 hrs (2012-03-26 09:50:51 GMT)
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Careful not to add and "s" to "material" which would then become ambiguous with materials used in IT manufacturing processes.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for that very clear explanation, Jim. I was afraid IT material might sound too vague, but after all that's what the Italian says too! |
| Thanks for further note - don't worry, I wouldn't mix my material with my materiEl (when I worked for a US computer company some decades ago, hardware stuff was spelt materiEl with an e... dunno if that stayed through the company's various name changes, but I learnt early on that generic materiAl was different from what the MateriEl manager handled! |
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Comment: "thanks again to all"
1 hr
Marco Solinas
Native in Italian
&
English
Accurate, professional translations
Native in: English 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
data processing material
This should cover it all
6 hrs
hardware and software
Why not "hardware and software"
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Cameron. The 'why not' is because I'm not sure whether it does definitely mean both.... in the end I think the literal and all-embracing IT material will be the best bet. |
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