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Marta,

According to the context you are giving us, I think the expression “servicio en línea” is right but very generic.

“Servicios en línea” implies different electronic mailing services, web portal, web searching, web hosting, online processing of real time transactions and more.

For this reason, somebody recommended you to use “servicios de Internet” because is more specific according to your context.

But also you can use the term “web” as a common noun: “servicios web”.

The term “web” is recognized by the Real Academia Española. It is not more a neologism.

The Real Academia Española says about: “web” (http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=web...
web. (Del ingl. web, red, malla).
1. f. Inform. Red informática.
□ V. página web

In your case, the most specific terms are: “servicios web”. After that “servicios de Internet” and in the end: “servicios en línea”.

The term “online” is not recognized by the Real Academia Española. If you want to respect the rules of the language, I think you have to exclude from the Spanish translation or write it as neologism, maybe like this: “online” or with italics.

You have to make the decision, my suggestions include 3 options:
- servicios web
- servicios de Internet
- servicios en línea

I hope my analysis helps you in your work.

Thank you,

Domingo Trassens


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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-05-21 09:35:09 GMT)
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Marta:
Thank you for your message. I appreciate a lot your new explanation. As I explained before there are different possibilities.
In your case, if you exclude "servicios web", you have other two options:
- "servicios de Internet"
- "servicios en línea".
Now, I add two more:
"servicios informáticos en línea".
"servicios digitales en línea."
(This expression linkes with "e-services" (electronic services). For example, when you talk in Spanish about e-book, normally you says: "libros electrónicos" or "libros digitales". Today, everybody assumes that behind a digital device there is an Internet connection. In this case you don't need to repeat the word Internet.

In the case of "servicios en línea", the expression "en línea" has different implications because before the creation of Internet, the big companies had online services through private telecommunication networks and till now, a lot of companies use Intranet networks.

However, if your translation is for technical people, everybody in this environment understand the meaning of "servicios en línea", "procesamiento en línea", "aplicaciones en línea".

I hope this additional comments help you. VERY IMPORTANT! From the beginning my intention was offering different expressions and you decide what is the best for your case.

Thank you.

Domingo Trassens

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-05-21 09:38:54 GMT)
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Marta:

Other explanation. When I talk about "servicios", I include "servicio" in singular and "servicios" en plural.

Thank you,

Domingo Trassens

A service provided so that people can find out information using the Internet. Depending of the target country, both <en línea> or <por Internet> can be used.