Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

plafond

English translation:

service plans

Added to glossary by tjro
Jan 22, 2006 16:33
18 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

plafond

Portuguese to English Bus/Financial Telecom(munications) Mobile phones - Pre-Paid services
No serviço Pré-Pago estão disponíveis quatro plafonds base por cliente, organizados em três plafonds de dinheiro e um de eventos. Cada plafond contém informação de saldo, estado de utilização data da última utilização e validade.

This is in a technical specifications document for pre-paid mobile phone services. European Portuguese. I'm thinking of using 'bands'.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 service plans
4 +6 limits

Proposed translations

+1
6 hrs
Selected

service plans

The "plafond" is a limit, but "level" sounds better to me. What seems to be current usage, however, is "prepaid service plans"...minutes or money being possible plan options.

Sample text:
Speak Out is a prepaid phone service, so the phones come loaded with a finite number of minutes that can later be renewed. Consumers aren't required to sign a service contract. About 11 percent of all U.S. cell phone users are currently on prepaid service plans.

Taken from: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-5201062.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Todd Field
2 hrs
Thanks, Todd
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks. I have used service plans and service bands."
+6
23 mins

limits

given that "plafond" is the limit of available credit.

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Note added at 28 mins (2006-01-22 17:01:07 GMT)
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plafond é o ceiling, ou seja, figurativamente o "teto máximo de créditos" disponível.
Peer comment(s):

agree Claudio Mazotti : ou limite máximo de créditos
43 mins
thanks!
agree Donna Sandin
1 hr
thanks!
agree Enza Longo : ceiling would also be perfectly acceptable IMO
4 hrs
thanks!
agree Tania Marques-Cardoso
4 hrs
thanks!
agree Eugenia Lourenco
5 hrs
agree oxygen4u : :)
23 hrs
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