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über der Eingabemaske

English translation: over the input dialog/screen

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German term or phrase:über der Eingabemaske
English translation:over the input dialog/screen
Entered by: David Williams

15:22 Dec 11, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks / GUIs
German term or phrase: über der Eingabemaske
Context:

Wenn ..., erhalten Sie eine entsprechende Meldung über der Eingabemaske.

I'm not too sure about how to interpret this. Earlier on in the same document it twice said:

Eine entsprechende Meldung wird oberhalb der Eingabemaske angezeigt, which I took to mean that "A connection status message is displayed above the input dialog", but "über der Eingabemaske" seems to suggest an alert/message prompt that pops up to display the error message (in this instance).
David Williams
Germany
Local time: 08:02
input mask
Explanation:
An Eingabemaske is basically an electronic form on which information is requested and fields "filled in" by the user.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-12-11 17:36:29 GMT)
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to d_williams: I would definitely say vertically above, though this too is vague. It could indeed be a pop-up window.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-12-11 17:38:01 GMT)
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Can't you just say: "The relevant message appears above the input mask"?
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Jan Liebelt
France
Local time: 08:02
Grading comment
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
input mask


Explanation:
An Eingabemaske is basically an electronic form on which information is requested and fields "filled in" by the user.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-12-11 17:36:29 GMT)
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to d_williams: I would definitely say vertically above, though this too is vague. It could indeed be a pop-up window.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-12-11 17:38:01 GMT)
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Can't you just say: "The relevant message appears above the input mask"?

Jan Liebelt
France
Local time: 08:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: The question is, does oberhalb/über mean vertically above (higher up on the screen) or in a popup (overlapping the input dialog)?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Melanie Nassar: Oberhalb I agree would be literally vertically above, but wouldn't over have the same degree of ambiguity as über?
2 hrs
  -> I'm not sure. To me, "over" would *tend* to indicate that it's a pop-up. But then knowing how sloppily some computer people write, our "über" could mean anything!
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