| Change log entry 37200 | |
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| Processed by: | vermillon (2011-09-11 09:02:44 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 36102 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 50 million g hits Not "fixed telephone" as many of jukuu's translations would have it (i.e. "fixed telephone" is not the term normally used in English for a 固定 电话) "A landline (or land line) was originally an overland telegraph wire, as opposed to an undersea cable. Currently, landline (or land phone or main line or fixed-line) refers to a telephone line which travels through a solid medium, either metal wire or optical fibre, as distinguished from a mobile cellular line, where transmission is via radio waves." [Wp] |
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+ 固定電話 固定电话 [gu4 ding4 dian4 hua4] /landline telephone/fixed-line telephone/ |