Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

actualizable

English translation:

updatable

Added to glossary by Virginia Koolhaas
Mar 27, 2011 22:38
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Spanish term

actualizable

Spanish to English Other Computers (general)
Sistema de Información Geográfico ***actualizable***, para el almacenamiento, la organización, y consulta del la información registrada en los distintos soportes (sonoro, visual, textual).

Does "updateable" exist? I couldn't find the word in the dictionary (Oxford) but found some entries on internet. Any other word/expression I could use? Many thanks!

Discussion

Rachel Fell Mar 28, 2011:
I'd say the e in the middle of updateable is unnecessary - well, wrong, in my view actually. Compare "collatable", "unquotable", debatable", "dilatable", etc.
Virginia Koolhaas (asker) Mar 28, 2011:
updatable or updateable? Are they both correct? I found both on internet. Thanks
Peter Clews Mar 28, 2011:
Ambiguity Actually, either answer (at this moment: upgradable and updatable) could be correct. It depends whether "actualizable" applies to "sistema" or to "información geográfica". My feeling is that it probably applies to the information, since we can take it for granted that a computer system can be upgraded, it's not necessary to say so (Windows Vista is not sold as an "upgradable operating system", for example). And I agree with lorenab23
lorenab23 Mar 27, 2011:
I wouldn"t go by the dictionary "Actualizable" does not exist in the RAE either...actualizable/updateable are words used in computer lingo all the time.

Proposed translations

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updatable


iUpData
Navman allows users to update sat nav maps with new iUpdata service. LONDON, June 2007 – For millions of motorists across the UK, sat nav is an essential ...
www.navman.com/in-car/europe/uk/News.../69906/ - Cached - Similar
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How to Update Garmin Sat NAV | eHow.com
How to Update Garmin Sat NAV. A Garmin Sat NAV is a GPS (Global Positioning System) device that is frequently used in vehicles to direct drivers to ...
www.ehow.com › Electronics - Cached

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7" satnav with UK/IE updatable mapping: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
7" satnav with UK/IE updatable mapping: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics.
www.amazon.co.uk/SatNav-UK-IE-updatable.../dp/B004SYLMIS - Cached
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NAVUS 4031 4.3" SATNAV with updatable version of - NAVUTECH
NAVUS 4031 - 4.3 SLIM SATNAV WITH UK/IRELAND UPDATABLE MAPPING.
www.navutech.com/navus-4031-4.3-satnav-with-updatable-versi... - Cached
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5.0" SAT NAV UK/Europe with UPDATABLE MAPPING
Minimum quantity for "Navus 502 5.0" SAT NAV UK/Europe updatable mapping" is ...
www.navutech.com/navus-501-sat-nav-uk-roi-and-channel-islan... - Cached
Peer comment(s):

agree Peter Clews : Certainly, I think updatable is more likely than upgradable (see my discussion entry). But see also my own answer.
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Thank you :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Rachel, it was just what I neeed. "
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upgradable

Windows Vista is upgradable to Windows 7, for example

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Note added at 35 mins (2011-03-27 23:14:27 GMT)
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Also spelled upgradeable, depending on location

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-03-28 00:11:05 GMT)
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Virginia, I'm not sure I understand your point. Can you give us some additional context, please?
Note from asker:
Thanks Ann for your answering but this is not the answer I'm looking for. It's not "actualizable" in that sense, it does not mean that can be upgraded but that your add data to the system, that you can update it. Maybe I shouldn't have put it under the computer category. Do you have any other suggestion? Thanks
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer Levey : Cierto!
6 mins
Gracias, mediamatrix
agree MedTrans&More
22 mins
Thanks MedTrans
agree Cecilia Rey
27 mins
Thanks, Cecilia
agree Esperanza Gallegos
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Thanks, Esperanza
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real-time

Anothe option. Whether "real-time" or "updatable" is more appropriate would depend on how promptly or how often the information is updated.
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