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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Bottone pulsante

English translation:

Push-button

Feb 17, 2016 20:41
8 yrs ago
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Italian term

Bottone pulsante

Italian to English Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng Electronic components
Problem:
Distinction between: bottone and pulsante

Explanation: I am translating Italian software specifications (for a pharmaceutical company), about 96,000 words.

The Italian draws a distinction between "BOTTONE" (appears 46 times) and "PULSANTE" (appears 26 times).

Can anyone explain the difference?

Thank you!

RE Anderson
Chicago, IL, USA
Proposed translations (English)
3 Push-button
Change log

Feb 17, 2016 20:41: Paula Durrosier changed "Vetting" from "Needs Vetting" to "Vet OK"

Discussion

Nicola D'Agostino Feb 17, 2016:
Shape matters In current Italian the two words are basically interchangeable, although "bottone" is the preferred term for round buttons, because of its textile origin.
philgoddard Feb 17, 2016:
Otherwise there's no answer to this question. I would have thought they mean the same thing, but we need to see some text.
Shera Lyn Parpia Feb 17, 2016:
Is there no more context that you can share?

Proposed translations

9 hrs
Selected

Push-button

To be on the safe side you could translate them as "button" and "push-button"
Note from asker:
Thank you! (That's what I decided, on the basis of Linguee)
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