centralista

English translation: public exchange operator

10:43 Jul 13, 2010
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
Romanian term or phrase: centralista
Cum traduc in engleza centralista? Femeie care lucreaza intr-un oficiu postal in anii 80-90 si raspunde la apeluri telefonice.
lucianaciovica
Local time: 17:56
English translation:public exchange operator
Explanation:
"0" on the phone dial/keypad reads also "OPER" - for the operator.
Centrală publică- Public Exchange
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meirs
Israel
Local time: 18:56
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4 +9switchboard operator
Iulia Negru
4public exchange operator
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public exchange operator


Explanation:
"0" on the phone dial/keypad reads also "OPER" - for the operator.
Centrală publică- Public Exchange

meirs
Israel
Local time: 18:56
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 12
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thank you very much
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switchboard operator


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchboard_operator

In the early days of telephony, through roughly the 1960s, companies used manual telephone switchboards and switchboard operators connected each call by inserting a pair of phone plugs into the appropriate jacks. Each pair of plugs was part of a cord circuit with a switch associated that let the operator participate in the call. Each jack had a light above it that lit when the telephone receiver was lifted (the earliest systems required a generator on the phone to be cranked by hand). Lines from the central office were usually arranged along the bottom row. Before the advent of direct distance dialing, switchboard operators would work with their counterparts in the central office to complete long distance calls.

Iulia Negru
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

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