The phrase I am trying to translate is for a project with an internet powered
device to do it's programmed purpose, i need to translate the phrase

`Trigger Device`

I found one translation in a dictionary for trigger `引き金`but I think perhaps
`トリガー` may be a better equivalent for the verb of **Trigger** in English which
means that it causes something. My concern is that there is another use for
the word "Trigger" which means a part of a gun.

My concern would be with the grammar of the entire phrase, I do not want to
have something like device trigger which would describe a component on a
device.
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translation english-to-japanese phrase-requests
Japanese equivalent for the verb "trigger" meaning to cause something to happen?
If what you mean is something like [this
product](https://github.com/ottijp/google-home-trigger), then トリガーデバイス would
be the best choice.
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To translate "trigger", you can use 起動 and トリガ. (I prefer トリガ without a long
vowel marker in technical contexts. See: [ブラウザ or ブラウザー? Words borrowed from
English which end with -er](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/15807/5010))
引き金 might also work as a metaphorical expression, but it's not common in
technical contexts. To translate "device", you can use 装置 or デバイス.

So 起動装置, 起動デバイス, トリガ装置 and トリガデバイス are equally fine, but the first one may
look easiest to laypeople, while トリガデバイス may look appealing to geeks.

(I'm assuming your device is something like
[this](https://aws.amazon.com/iotbutton/?nc1=h_ls) or [this](http://hackey-wp-
origin.cerevo.com/en/).)
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