Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

dialogübergreifend

English translation:

global/application wide

Added to glossary by tanyazst
Aug 9, 2006 15:59
17 yrs ago
German term

dialogübergreifend

German to English Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology)
What would be the best way to render this in English?
Here's the context:
Es werden nur ausgesuchte Funktionen, die überwiegend dialogübergreifend sind, in der globalen Symbolleiste dargestellt.
thank you in advance!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 global/application wide
2 Wizard

Proposed translations

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global/application wide

Global or application wide should work.

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Note added at 4 days (2006-08-14 15:14:27 GMT)
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"Dialogübergreifend" means "not specific to just one dialog alone," i.e. functions that can be selected in several dialogs.
Note from asker:
isn't the meaning something kike "accessible via dialog"?
Peer comment(s):

agree Marketing-Lang.
8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thank you for the explanation, and for the variant!"
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Wizard

a software tool that operates automatically to guide a user through a particular process.

Perhaps he means that the user is guided through in the form of a dialogue,
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