We did the Nortel Standard English for China and "landline" was a major term for which there is no Mandarin.
The correct Controlled English method is to write. "You can call on a Mobile device or another type of telephone". On Wall Street they use the term, "Hoot and Holler phones" - open lines to bid. Cisco has VoIP, Polycom Picture phones. The Landline is gone with the POTS, typewriters and soon Cell Phones, terms never used globally. Psst they renamed Motorola Motorola Mobility ... -- John Smart *Smart Communications, Inc.* Web Site: *www.smartny.com* /We make the Complex Simple/
