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German translation: Links/Hyperlinks

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English term or phrase:hyperlink
German translation:Links/Hyperlinks
Entered by: Thomas Bollmann

18:13 Jan 24, 2002
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers (general) / Computer
English term or phrase: hyperlinks
Most Web pages include hyperlinks to related pages.
As far as I know hyperlinks is just "links" in German?
Sam
Link
Explanation:
you can say both hyperlink or link. Both expressions are used in German
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Thomas Bollmann
Germany
Local time: 06:09
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5Link
Thomas Bollmann
5 +1Webseiten-Verknüpfung
Steffen Syhré - German Translator, Copywriter, Editor
5Hyperlinks
Alexander Schleber (X)


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Link


Explanation:
you can say both hyperlink or link. Both expressions are used in German

Thomas Bollmann
Germany
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nettranslatorde: But if you use the second one(Hyperlink) it has to be capitalized.
13 mins
agree  Klaus Herrmann: My impression is that "Link" is somewhat more common. In case you go with the "Einstiegsseite" from your previous question, make it "Seitenverweis" for consistent style.
17 mins
agree  Jan Neersoe: Yep, "Link" is far more common in everyday usage.
22 mins
agree  Christine Healy-Rendel (X): It's translated as "Hyperlink" in Ferretti/Vittorio,Wörterbuch der Elektronik,Datentechnik und Telekommunikation,Bd.2,2.Auflage,2000,Springer,Berlin, but I have also seen it as "Link" in German texts.
34 mins
agree  Elvira Stoianov
50 mins
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Webseiten-Verknüpfung


Explanation:
would also be a good translation if you prefer GERMAN German ;-)

Steffen

Steffen Syhré - German Translator, Copywriter, Editor
Germany
Local time: 06:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jan Neersoe: or just "Verknüpfung", that's what MS uses in the Internet Explorer menus
4 mins
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Hyperlinks


Explanation:
Do not translate. It has in the meantime become common to suse this term capitalized.

Lexikon Geschichte Baden-Württemberg: Startseite - [ Translate this page ]
... die einzelnen Stichworte des Lexikons miteinander. Die Hyperlinks zu anderen
"externen" Web-Sites, zu Weiteren Web-Informationen, sind kursiv gesetzt.]. ...
www.s-line.de/homepages/ebener/ - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

Promoting : Katalogeneintrag und Suchmaschineneintrag, ... - [ Translate this page ]
... aus. Hier finden Sie die Hyperlinks zu den Eintragsformularen der wichtigsten deutschen
Suchdienste, wenn Sie die Anmeldungen selber und kostenlos tun wollen. ...
www.allesgratis.com/promoting/katalogeneintrag.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Was ist neu in 1.1? - [ Translate this page ]
... zu anderen Dokumenten pocket Mindmap erlaubt es jetzt auch, die Hyperlinks zu anderen
Dokumenten mit der eingebauten Browse Funktion einzutragen. Bisher musste ...
www.pocketmindmap.com/Docs/PMM/Support/PMM 1_1.ASP - 15k - Cached - Similar pages



    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=10&btnG=Google+Search...
Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 06:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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