pull-down option

Dutch translation: pop-upitem or keuzelijst

06:23 Apr 2, 2000
English to Dutch translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: pull-down option
this refers to an option in a software menu .... how would "pull-down" be best translated into Dutch?
Marcel Lemmens
Dutch translation:pop-upitem or keuzelijst
Explanation:
Hoi Marcel,

pull-down option is the same as a pop-up menu item. Menu item is usually translated as "menu-item". Up to a few years ago Microsoft used to us pull-down for the action of clicking on a menu (name) after which the menu items appeared. You pulled it down. But recently Microsoft has been using pop-up and popup for obvious reasons. In Dutch we use "pop-up" and an option would be "optie" but I would go with "pop-upitem" if referring to just the one choice or "lijst" if referring to the complete list of options (i.e. items).


Good luck!
Marijke Singer
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Hallo Marijke, dank voor je snelle reactie en goede hulp bij het beantwoorden van mijn vragen!
Marcel
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Summary of answers provided
napull-down optie
Kathleen Ferny
naSelecteer optie
Evert DELOOF-SYS
napop-upitem or keuzelijst
Marijke Singer
nauitklapkeuze-menu
Paula Molewijk
naOptie in rolmenu
Drs. Erica M.D. Weeda
naOptie in actiebalkmenu
Carole Raes (X)
naSorry Marcel geen handige woordenlijst op het net
Marijke Singer


  

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34 mins
pull-down optie


Explanation:
Een pull-down menu of keuzemenu worden allebei aanvaard, daarom denk ik dat in analogie daarmee 'pull-down optie' ook wel kan. Afhankelijk van de zin kan je volgens mij ook gewoon 'optie' gebruiken of 'optie uit het menu'.
Referentie: Verklarend Informatica Woordenboek/ C. Van Uitert, A.M. Kaspers/ Samson uitgeverij. (Heeft mij al dikwijls uit de nood geholpen)

Kathleen Ferny
Belgium
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37 mins
Selecteer optie


Explanation:
Pull-down option or drop-down option or pop-down option (as in pull-down menu, drop-down menu etc) doesn't really have an 'officially accepted' translation in Dutch, as far as I know.

You'll not be making a mistake, however, when translating it to: SELECTEER OPTIE (UIT LIJST) ("select option from list").

A pull-down option is an option in (eg) a graphical user interface whose title is usually visible, but whose contents are revealed only when the user activates it, normally by pressing the mouse button while the pointer is over the title, whereupon the option items appear below the title.
(I found this somewhere, but don't recall where).
Hope this helps.

Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
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40 mins
pop-upitem or keuzelijst


Explanation:
Hoi Marcel,

pull-down option is the same as a pop-up menu item. Menu item is usually translated as "menu-item". Up to a few years ago Microsoft used to us pull-down for the action of clicking on a menu (name) after which the menu items appeared. You pulled it down. But recently Microsoft has been using pop-up and popup for obvious reasons. In Dutch we use "pop-up" and an option would be "optie" but I would go with "pop-upitem" if referring to just the one choice or "lijst" if referring to the complete list of options (i.e. items).


Good luck!
Marijke Singer

Marijke Singer
Spain
Local time: 01:06
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Hallo Marijke, dank voor je snelle reactie en goede hulp bij het beantwoorden van mijn vragen!
Marcel
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49 mins
uitklapkeuze-menu


Explanation:
pull down is uitvouwen of uitklappen, vandaar uitklapmenu van keuzes.

Paula Molewijk
Netherlands
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2 hrs
Optie in rolmenu


Explanation:
Pull down menu = rolmenu (automatisering).
Pull down option = keuzeoptie in rolmenu

M.vr.gr.
Erica Weeda

Drs. Erica M.D. Weeda
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6 hrs
Optie in actiebalkmenu


Explanation:
De vertaling voorgesteld in de IBM dictionary

Carole Raes (X)
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18 hrs
Sorry Marcel geen handige woordenlijst op het net


Explanation:
Ik heb wat documenten voor printers vertaald en heb toen der tijd een lange zoektocht gedaan naar terminologie bij verschillende websites (Xerox, HP, enz., deze zijn allemaal in het Nederlands te vinden en als je lang genowg zoekt kom je je vertalingen tegen).

Groetjes,
Marijke

Marijke Singer
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