Holding out for a hero

[king_pellinor]

I'm checking a comapny's fixed assets to see if there some I can use for my nefarious arcane tax purposes. The problem is they're owned by a German firm, and buy a lot of kit from Germany.

Now I can just about work out what a Standardarbeitsplatz might be.

A Bildmustergenerator is getting a bit confusing, though.

And when they start talking about Funkstormessempfangers, I find myself looking for the magic sword I need to defeat them... :-)

Comments

[amalion.livejournal.com]

Bildmustergenerator

test pattern generator.

I'm afraid the other one has me stumped.

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

Babelfish seems stumped too: it comes up with "more funkstormessempfanger" as the translation :-)

I actually resorted to wandering the factory floor pointing at stuff, rather than trying to work out what the words mean.

[amalion.livejournal.com]

I rather liked that the literal translation of Bildmustergenerator is model picture generator.

I actually resorted to wandering the factory floor pointing at stuff, rather than trying to work out what the words mean.

So did you work out what a funkstormessempfanger was?

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

I didn't dare ask :-)

There are some things Man was not meant to know...

[n-essex.livejournal.com]

I belive a thrice blessed sword works well on funkstormessempfanger. you whant to watch out though you have to get the nest or theyll just come back

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Not in my German dictionary. The Grimm (yes them) dictionary in umpteen volumes, published 1878. Could be something modern. Dunno.

[landvaettir.livejournal.com]

I hear a Funk Storm can only be defeated by the unholy powers of disco...

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

Awwww, not dancing! I hate dancing :-(

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

The other half says he thinks that it is a measuring device which checks if electronic devices produce electromagnetic waves which could interfere with other electronics.

Sorry to shatter your illusions.....

[n-essex.livejournal.com]

*puts away Vorpal sword and shield of dragon hide*

awwww i was looking forward to that ;p

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

That sounds plausible, given what the company does.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

"The correct spelling is: Funkstörmessempfänger
‘Funkstörung’ means radiointerference,
and a 'Messempfänger' is a electronic device – a kind of radio receiver to measure electromagnetic interference - in this case, to measure the radiointerference."

(I asked Plymouth office's native German speaker.)