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CD-Wiedergabe springt bei kleinen Erschütterungen.

English translation: CD playback

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German term or phrase:CD-Wiedergabe
English translation:CD playback
Entered by: Laura Terrett

12:01 Jan 10, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Media / Multimedia / CD players
German term or phrase: CD-Wiedergabe springt bei kleinen Erschütterungen.
Can you say "die Wiedergabe springt"? How do I translate this into English?
Frederike
The smallest vibrations cause CD playback to jump
Explanation:
I prefer it in English this way round and think "playback" is most relevant for "Wiedergabe" in this context.

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Note added at 30 mins (2005-01-10 12:31:50 GMT)
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or \"skip\" is perhaps better for springen in this context
Selected response from:

Laura Terrett
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:39
Grading comment
I chose this one because I think playback fits best. Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2The smallest vibrations cause CD playback to jump
Laura Terrett
4 +1CD reproduction jumps at the slightest vibration
David Moore (X)


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
CD-Wiedergabe springt bei kleinen Erschütterungen.
CD reproduction jumps at the slightest vibration


Explanation:
Looks like a good possibility; taken over from the good old vinyl days.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 03:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christian
2 mins
neutral  Focus Translations Eggert: CD may jump with small vibrations
15 mins
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
CD-Wiedergabe springt bei kleinen Erschütterungen.
The smallest vibrations cause CD playback to jump


Explanation:
I prefer it in English this way round and think "playback" is most relevant for "Wiedergabe" in this context.

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Note added at 30 mins (2005-01-10 12:31:50 GMT)
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or \"skip\" is perhaps better for springen in this context

Laura Terrett
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I chose this one because I think playback fits best. Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: agree skip better than jump, but IMO playback (and reproduction) can be omitted, i.e. (even) the smallest vibration causes the CD to skip o.ä.
49 mins
  -> I agree, you could quite feasibly omit "playback"
neutral  David Moore (X): But for the "smallest", I might have agreed with this myself, as Cilian has, but here, I feel vibrations are "slight", and not "small"
3 hrs
agree  Kevin Burns
8 hrs
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