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menu` contestuale

English translation: context specific menu

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Italian term or phrase: menu` contestuale
English translation:context specific menu
Entered by: Vanita Ajgarni

11:46 May 11, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
IT (Information Technology) / Banking
Italian term or phrase: menu` contestuale
This term appears in the index of a banking software.

I'm wondering whether this is translated as "contextual" or "multiple". Thanks!
Vanita Ajgarni
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:27
context specific menu
Explanation:
The menus are dynamic and change according to context.

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achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:27
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Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2context specific menu
achisholm
4 +1contextual menu
BristolTEc
4 +1Shortcut menu
Julianne Rowland


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
contextual menu


Explanation:
It depends on where you are in the application what options you are offered

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Note added at 16 mins (2007-05-11 12:03:47 GMT)
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See
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/contextual_menu.html

BristolTEc
Ecuador
Local time: 17:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  R. Alex Jenkins
50 mins
  -> Thanks Richard
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
context specific menu


Explanation:
The menus are dynamic and change according to context.



Example sentence(s):
  • The context specific menu items must be populated dynamically. ... I am confident that any software technology can be easily learnt by spending some time

    Reference: http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=12&thre...
achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:27
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gvag: in general. Context related menu is another option along the same lines
5 hrs
agree  Pnina
2 days 31 mins
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Shortcut menu


Explanation:
This is an option if you want to use Microsoft-preferred terminology.

Here's an excerpt from the Microsoft Manual of Style, pg. 234:

context menu Do not use "context menu" or "right-click menu" to refer to the menu that appears when a user clicks the right mouse button in certain areas (or "contexts"), such as in a toolbar region. If you must refer to this menu by name, use "shortcut menu" instead.

Julianne Rowland
United States
Local time: 18:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gvag: ..., if this is the context
51 mins
  -> Thanks, gvag. Yes, context menu can be used as well in this case; it's just not preferred by Microsoft (which may or may not matter in this context).
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