"The key board menu by which you can rename the disc."

German translation: Mit dem Tastaturmenü können Sie die Disk (CD, DVD) umbenennen.

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English term or phrase:	"The key board menu by which you can rename the disc."
German translation:	Mit dem Tastaturmenü können Sie die Disk (CD, DVD) umbenennen.
Entered by:	mrchan

06:57 Nov 10, 2004

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English term or phrase: "The key board menu by which you can rename the disc."

"The keyboard menu by which you can rename the disc."

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Further Explanation: There is a special keyboard, with a small LCD on it. The keyboard can toggle a program or menu. User may use the keyboard to rename the filename of the disc (CD, DVD)

mrchan KudoZ activity Questions: 160 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 11
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Mit dem Tastaturmenü können Sie die Disk (CD, DVD) umbenennen.

Explanation:
The orginal is not really a sentance; I would've expected: "You can rename the disc using the keyboard menu." and that is how I translated it - the original is lacking some information the way it is worded. :-)

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Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 12:20

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Thanks, and you're right, the original one seems to be a broken sentence, written by a Chinese.
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Das Keyboard-Menü, mit dem man die Diskette umbenennen kann.

stra

Mit dem Tastaturmenü können Sie die Disk (CD, DVD) umbenennen.

Derek Gill Franßen

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The key board menu by which you can rename the disc.

Mit dem Tastaturmenü können Sie die Disk (CD, DVD) umbenennen.

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 12:20
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56

Grading comment

Thanks, and you're right, the original one seems to be a broken sentence, written by a Chinese.

8 mins confidence:

Das Keyboard-Menü, mit dem man die Diskette umbenennen kann.

Explanation:
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-11-10 07:06:54 GMT)
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if you need it shorter: Keyboard-Menü zur Umbenennung der Disk

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-11-10 07:09:18 GMT)
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sorry, \'Disk\', not \'Diskette\'

stra
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 1

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