English term
OEM restrictions
Context:
Bypass OEM restrictions and reach up to 30% more users with push notifications.
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Brazil
+10y experienced linguist - IT / Science
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) restriction
1. A company that makes a product that its customers then use in creating their own products. For example, the manufacturer of an automobile part may sell the part to a car maker, which then builds its own products. In this case, the original equipment manufacturer is the automobile part maker. OEMs often work closely with their customers to integrate their products; for example, an OEM may design a certain product exclusively for one customer. OEMs are especially common in computer and other technology sectors.
2. A company that buys a product from another company and uses it to make its own product. This definition contradicts the above one, and is used predominantly informally. An OEM in this sense is more properly called a value-added reseller.
OEM hardware and software is packaged for distribution to companies who build systems. These companies are the original equipment manufacturers. This is why OEM products are usually sold in a generic box or wrapper instead of retail packaging.
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Chris Ellison
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Thank you Chris
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Charlesp
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Thank you Charlesp
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AllegroTrans
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Thank you AllegroTrans
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Yvonne Gallagher
: the question is about "restrictions"? Asker knows what OEM is//You haven't explained what "restrictions" means (as Adrian has tried to do)
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Thank you for your opinion Yvonne. What alternative translation would you suggest?
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Daryo
: all that is fine, but the REAL rebus to solve is to find the nature of these "restrictions" - THAT is crucial for making sense of this text. // CL5+ about that, BTW|.
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Renan Almeida
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Thank you Renan
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Germany
Translator and interpreter
Native in: English 
Works in: Persian (Farsi) to English, English to Persian (Farsi), Russian to English, and 10 more.
OEM - original equipment manufacturer
When a computer technology producer manufacturers its product, for example, a computer graphics card, they will usually make two or more versions of the product. One version is distributed by the manufacturer direct to the consumer retail market, using it
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philgoddard
: Almost certainly.
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Chris Ellison
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AllegroTrans
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Yvonne Gallagher
: the question is about "restrictions"? Askers knows what OEM is
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Daryo
: what about "restrictions"? CL5 for simply sweeping under the carpet the trickiest bit?
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Poland
Do it properly, or don't do it at all.
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, English
limitations of OEM products/features
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, not enough context to know the restrictions but at least you've had a go at explaining
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Daryo
: makes little sense - how would features of the product (OEM or not) help or hinder communication of advertisers with users??? Any even vaguely plausible explanation?
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Discussion
From what you have given so far, it looks like these "OEM restrictions" somehow make more difficult to get directly in touch with "users" (of what exactly?).
OEM products being physically exactly the same as their "branded" twins, the features of the OEM products themselves are not likely to be what is the source of "restrictions".
My idea would be that this should be translated to mean "restrictions imposed by OEM product features".