Please,help me with these words!

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#486673 Sun, 09 Mar 08 02:40 PM

Hi! I have to translate a manual of MP3 for a friend, but I need help. I don’t know/understand the meaning of the following terms. Could you please, help me? - Shutdown setting;- Tune in playing; - To select tune browsing; - “The delicate appearance makes fine hand feel”; - “Better charge your unit in put on status!” ; - “Press Mode again to enter Browse Telbook”;- Telbook editor facility;“... in replay icon flashes”;- “FM receiving effect imperfect”;- “In this manual enjoy the overbalance brought about”;- “This user’ instruction manual is prepared on the basis of specific version of this product as the stencil, and is matching utmost of the function descriptions”;- “This company keeps the right to make any changes upon this product without otherwise prior notice!” (what’s the meaning of ‘otherwise’ in this context, please?); - “ Attached pictures are for reference purpose only, where the real product shall take as priority”. (I didn’t understand the meaning/idea of the underlined part); - “Sleep mode means: a countdown time (unit: minute) from any status when no key is operated and as long as the time is up it shuts off the unit automatically”.

Thank you very much for your help!

Sara

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Marius Hancu

#486700 Sun, 09 Mar 08 03:41 PM

I'm only explaining the underlined terms. If this is not enough, you're in the wrong business:-)

browse: look at your native language dictionary - to look over casually (as a book), inspect

brought about: which is created; "overbalance" is strange

is matching most (not utmost!) of the function descriptors: corresponds to most of the function descriptors

otherwise: look at your native language dictionary - no meaning in this context, read "without prior notice"

the real product should be taken as a priority: they mean the real product should be taken as a reference and not just the pictures

as long as the time is up: when that countdown time has passed

Marius Hancu

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Anonymous

#486709 Sun, 09 Mar 08 04:59 PM

Thank you, Marius Hancu for your help. In spite of you couldn't explaining me all my questions, it's better than nothing.

Best wishes,

Sara

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Yankee

#486725 Sun, 09 Mar 08 06:29 PM

Hi Sara

I presume you are trying to translate the English into some other language. Good luck! My gut feeling is that the English you are trying to translate is poor a translation from some other language. That's going to make your job more difficult.