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185 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

speaker de service

Context:

Le speaker de service annonça le cyclone...I assume they mean something like an "warning

Keywords:

...siren." Is that correct?

 

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185 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Emmergency warning announcer

185 months ago

  See profile wrote:

emergency warning system (or device or siren)

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185 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

emergency warning speaker

My comment:

it is called "de service" because it may be used for purposes other than emergencies, but that's probably irrelevant here.

185 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

emergency warning speaker

My comment:

it is called "de service" because it may be used for purposes other than emergencies, but that's probably irrelevant here.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

185 months ago

  See profile wrote:

If you don't want to ignore this nuance, I'd just say the PA (for public address) system.

185 months ago

Gina W  See profile wrote:

Yes, this sounds right.

185 months ago

Gina W  See profile wrote:

If you don't want to ignore this nuance, I'd just say the PA (for public address) system.

185 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

Announcer

My comment:

(TV or radio), not a siren.

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185 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

.....or "duty announcer" here.