Nov 1, 2005 17:43
18 yrs ago
German term
Metanavigation
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Internet, e-Commerce
website navigation
Durch die Integration der Gestaltungsrichtlinien der Europäischen Kommission werden auf jeder Seite in der *Metanavigation* sowohl der Disclaimer, als auch das Copyright der Europäischen Union verlinkt.
Is this some specific type of level of navigation?
TIA,
sylvie
Is this some specific type of level of navigation?
TIA,
sylvie
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | global navigation |
Steve Yates
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| 4 +2 | meta navigation |
Brie Vernier
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Change log
Nov 1, 2005 18:33: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (specific)" from "Computers (general)" to "Internet, e-Commerce"
Proposed translations
16 hrs
Steve Yates
Native in English
Wide knowledge of business and industry
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
global navigation
See the comment on the second link about not using the term 'meta navigation'. When I found the other link (sorry, I should have put these in the correct order) it became clear what was being referred to.
Reference:
http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2005/10/19/global-navigation-not-worthwhile/
http://www.welie.com/patterns/showPattern.php?patternID=meta-navigation
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks,
syl"
+2
1 min
Brie Vernier
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
Bridging the language gap since 1995
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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24
meta navigation
http://www.welie.com/patterns/showPattern.php?patternID=meta...
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-11-01 18:24:44 GMT)
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Sorry, Silvie, but I think it *is* that easy. "Meta" is not a German prefix.
Here is a definition from Webster's Online Dictionary, the Rosetta Edition:
Computing
Meta /me't*/ or /may't*/ or (Commonwealth) /mee't*/ adj.,pref. [from analytic philosophy] One level of description up. A metasyntactic variable is a variable in notation used to describe syntax, and meta-language is language used to describe language. This is difficult to explain briefly, but much hacker humor turns on deliberate confusion between meta-levels. See {hacker humor. Source: Jargon File.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/meta
And here another example of it being used with navigation:
Trac currently provides the following navigational elements:
1. '''Project link''': The project logo in the top left corner of every page
2. '''Quick search''': The search box in the top right corner of every page
3. '''Meta navigation''': The horizontal list of links just above the main navigation bar
4. '''Main navigation''': Primary means for switching between modules (Wiki, Timeline, Browser, etc)
5. '''Module navigation''': Often rendered as horizontal list of links directly beneath the main navigation bar.
6. '''Local navigation''': Navigational elements specific to the page currently being viewed. One example is the "toolbar" in the browser modules, another example are the "This report" links in the report module.
7. '''Help links''': Links to help documents (Wiki pages, actually) relevant to the page currently being viewed
8. '''Alternate formats''': Links to alternate formats of the current page, such as the RSS feed for the timeline, or the comma-delimited text option for a report
9. '''Footer links''': Links to Edgewall and Trac
http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/wiki/TracProject/UiGuideli...
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-11-01 18:24:44 GMT)
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Sorry, Silvie, but I think it *is* that easy. "Meta" is not a German prefix.
Here is a definition from Webster's Online Dictionary, the Rosetta Edition:
Computing
Meta /me't*/ or /may't*/ or (Commonwealth) /mee't*/ adj.,pref. [from analytic philosophy] One level of description up. A metasyntactic variable is a variable in notation used to describe syntax, and meta-language is language used to describe language. This is difficult to explain briefly, but much hacker humor turns on deliberate confusion between meta-levels. See {hacker humor. Source: Jargon File.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/meta
And here another example of it being used with navigation:
Trac currently provides the following navigational elements:
1. '''Project link''': The project logo in the top left corner of every page
2. '''Quick search''': The search box in the top right corner of every page
3. '''Meta navigation''': The horizontal list of links just above the main navigation bar
4. '''Main navigation''': Primary means for switching between modules (Wiki, Timeline, Browser, etc)
5. '''Module navigation''': Often rendered as horizontal list of links directly beneath the main navigation bar.
6. '''Local navigation''': Navigational elements specific to the page currently being viewed. One example is the "toolbar" in the browser modules, another example are the "This report" links in the report module.
7. '''Help links''': Links to help documents (Wiki pages, actually) relevant to the page currently being viewed
8. '''Alternate formats''': Links to alternate formats of the current page, such as the RSS feed for the timeline, or the comma-delimited text option for a report
9. '''Footer links''': Links to Edgewall and Trac
http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/wiki/TracProject/UiGuideli...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Rebecca Garber
: I just googled 156K pages for metanavigation in English only. Separate the words and it's 9 mill.
3 hrs
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Thanks, Rebecca; unfortunately, many of those are still from .de/.at./.ch/etc. sites written in English. Still, I think it is fine.
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| agree |
muttersprachler
3 hrs
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Thanks, muttersprachler
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