Jun 11, 2003 03:23
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Deutsch term
Pfadangabe
Deutsch > Englisch
Technik
Software Instruction Manual
"Wenn die CD nicht automatisch startet, öffnen Sie bitte mit dem Windows-Explorer Ihr CD-Laufwerk und klicken Sie doppelt auf die Anwendung SETUP bzw. SETUP.EXE. Sie sehen eine voreingestellte Pfadangabe."
From a software instruction manual. The "Pfad" part of the word is elementary, but I'm not sure about the "Angabe" bit. Or is it redundant? TIA for your help.
From a software instruction manual. The "Pfad" part of the word is elementary, but I'm not sure about the "Angabe" bit. Or is it redundant? TIA for your help.
Proposed translations
(Englisch)
5 +4 | The (default/)predefined path will be displayed. |
Elvira Stoianov
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5 | path name |
Aaron Alder
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5 | path specification |
Allan Wier
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5 | destination folder |
Anmol
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Proposed translations
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The (default/)predefined path will be displayed.
voreingestellt means default/predefined
Maybe it's better to say predefined, because most of the time it will not be the same path.
For example, during the setup process (i.e. probably the installation of a program), the setup wizerd will offer you a path like "C:/program files/this program" and this path always changes depending on the program you wish to install.
Vorschlag in your second sentence refers indeed to the Pfadangabe. It means that you can accept the specified/predefined path without changing it. (Vorschlag actually means proposal, i.e. you can accept the path that was suggested without changing it).
Mostly, when you install a software, the path they offer you is the one I mentioned above, so you don't have to change it, unless you have a different directory for saving program files.
I hope I managed to explain it clearly. It is very clear in my head, since I have also worked as a programmer and made a few installtions myself. I hope I could at least put you on the right track.
Maybe it's better to say predefined, because most of the time it will not be the same path.
For example, during the setup process (i.e. probably the installation of a program), the setup wizerd will offer you a path like "C:/program files/this program" and this path always changes depending on the program you wish to install.
Vorschlag in your second sentence refers indeed to the Pfadangabe. It means that you can accept the specified/predefined path without changing it. (Vorschlag actually means proposal, i.e. you can accept the path that was suggested without changing it).
Mostly, when you install a software, the path they offer you is the one I mentioned above, so you don't have to change it, unless you have a different directory for saving program files.
I hope I managed to explain it clearly. It is very clear in my head, since I have also worked as a programmer and made a few installtions myself. I hope I could at least put you on the right track.
Peer comment(s):
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Endre Both
: "default path" is perfect.
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JózsefÁrpád Bende
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Mark Ward
: default path
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Joanne Parker
: Absolutely, default path
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Comment: "Thank you very much Elvira. Rephrasing it that way works beautifully. Appreciate your help. Thanks also to the others who offered an idea."
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path name
There are several thousand hits for this term, both in German and English. Given the context, this also fits.
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Vorschlag = default
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Vorschlag = default
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Vorschlag = default
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path specification
You specify (angeben) a path.
I was the in-house translator for a computer software book company that translated Data Becker books into English. I wish I had a quarter for every time I translated that very term "Pfadangabe".
I was the in-house translator for a computer software book company that translated Data Becker books into English. I wish I had a quarter for every time I translated that very term "Pfadangabe".
4 Stunden
destination folder
Since this is a user manual, I would say that "path specifications" or any derivatives are a bit on the technical side.
Destination folder is the standard used in Windows Setup programs.
"You will be presented with a default destination folder. You can accept this suggested folder, in which case you do not need to change the destination folder".
P.S. I'm a software engineer myself.
Destination folder is the standard used in Windows Setup programs.
"You will be presented with a default destination folder. You can accept this suggested folder, in which case you do not need to change the destination folder".
P.S. I'm a software engineer myself.
Discussion
"Voreingestellt" might well be "default" though. "Default path specification" has a rather good ring to it.
Are the "Vorschlag" and "Angabe" related?