Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 21, 2011 02:54
12 yrs ago
Spanish term
HW
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers (general)
survey response
"Fabricante de equipos de HW"
This was a response given on a survey that asked participants to write down what came to mind about certain computer related brands like Apple, Windows, etc.. What in the world is "HW" referring to.
Also, this is from Spain.
Gracias de antemano..
This was a response given on a survey that asked participants to write down what came to mind about certain computer related brands like Apple, Windows, etc.. What in the world is "HW" referring to.
Also, this is from Spain.
Gracias de antemano..
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | hardware |
Marina Soldati
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| 5 +3 | Hardware |
Andrea Appel
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Change log
May 23, 2011 01:19: Marina Soldati Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
10 mins
Marina Soldati
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Argentina
Technical, automotive, computers & IT
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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28
Selected
hardware
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Both answers were the same but Marina's arrived just a split second sooner. It seems fair. Thanks so much to the both of you. -Anthony Mazzorana"
+3
10 mins
Andrea Appel
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
United States
Software and Website Localization
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Chilean)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Hardware
If this is computer related, I'm 99.99% sure HW refers to Hardware. Apple, Microsoft and others make software AND hardware (Although Windows is just software), which is the physical part of computers and electronics in general. I've never seen hardware translated to spanish, they use the same word, or HW.
Note from asker:
| Andrea, thanks so much for your answer. I ended up giving the points to Marina because her's arrived just a split second sooner and it only seemed fair, since you both provided the same answer. Thank you for your help. -Anthony |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Michelle Martoglio
: Correcto!
25 mins
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Gracias!
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| agree |
Damian Hosford
: Sounds right to me
5 hrs
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Thanks
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| agree |
Andy Watkinson
: Many moons ago, before "hardware" became the usual term, it was sometimes (and still is) translated as "soporte físico" as opposed to the "soporte lógico" which is/was the software.
8 hrs
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Interesting. I never heard of those terms before. Thanks for the info!
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