Eingabefeldinformationen

English translation: Input box information

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German term or phrase:	Eingabefeldinformationen
English translation:	Input box information
Entered by:	David Williams

14:31 Apr 30, 2009

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Media / Multimedia / IT

German term or phrase: Eingabefeldinformationen

Context:

Über die Bedienoberfläche können verschiedene Zusatzinformationen eingegeben und verwaltet werden. Die Eingabefeldinformationen sind nahezu frei konfigurierbar und individuell anpassbar.

I wonder, does 'Eingabefeldinformationen' refer to the information entered in the input boxes, or the input box labels, or perhaps something entirely different? Or is it impossible to say for sure?

David Williams KudoZ activity Questions: 1642 (4 open) (1 without valid answers) (89 closed without grading) Answers: 485 Germany
Local time: 19:29

Input box information

Explanation:
"input box information can be configured in practically any way (format, structure, etc.) and tailored to individual requirements." I think this refers to what information you are inputting into the operating interface. I am guessing this is a touchscreen for something like a lighting board, or other operator interface.

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Note added at 41 mins (2009-04-30 15:13:07 GMT)
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I like "data" but was not sure if that is to specific. Field sounds good. I could not decide if you fill out fields or boxes.

Selected response from:

Kphred
Local time: 11:29

Grading comment

Thanks! I'll stick to "input box".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

input field data

Lingua.Franca

(custom) entry/input fields

Lonnie Legg

2 +1

Input box information

Kphred

Information on entry fields

Schwabamädle

Discussion entries: 5

Susanne Schiewe

Germany

"box" vs. "field"

14:33 May 1, 2009

I think 'field' is used when the field size is not fixed, i.e. it expands according to the information being entered. 'Box' is more likely to be used for a fixed size, like a 'search box'.

Lonnie Legg

Germany

"box" vs. "field"

17:20 Apr 30, 2009

@David: Are you saying "Microwave Journal" ("Data entry fields"/see my suggestion) has got it wrong? (Unless there are two techological camps involved here--I'm no programmer, so I couldn't say--perhaps "box" vs. "field" are used interchangeably & it's just a matter of personal preference...?

Lingua.Franca

Spain

"input field" gets 9 million GHits.

16:37 Apr 30, 2009

Not that this is a source of authority, but I just asked my computer programmer/nerd friend, who said it's a field. Google has twice as many hits for field than for box. Google images has 15 times as many hits for field than for box. Up to you.

David Williams

Germany

ASKER

Many langauges and programmers refer to boxes

16:23 Apr 30, 2009

As the links I've provided, though just a few, show, many authoritative sources, both monolingual and bilingual, call them input boxes, in HTML, javascript, java, css, ajax, etc. etc. It's not just Microsoft by any means, that was simply meant as an industry standard.<br>"input box" only gets about 5 million Ghits (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_DEDE321&q="in... of which that Microsoft link is just the first.

The WWW Consortium call it an input box too, e.g.:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/TS/html401/cp0102/0102-ONCLICK-MULT...

Lingua.Franca

Spain

Blasphemy :-)

16:05 Apr 30, 2009

I think that Microsoft is wrong!

It's called an input field in HTML, php, javascript and in other programming languages. Just because Microsoft calls it a box doesn't mean it's not a field!

The WWW Consortium, along with about a few hundred thousand other sites call it input field.

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/G167.html
http://www.w3.org/People/mimasa/test/schemas/xhtml11-sample....
http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4555
http://www.ehow.com/how_2056332_define-input-field-html.html

If it were a "search field", I'd agree. "Search box" sounds better. But I still think it's input field. And I'm sticking to it :-)

Answers

37 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

input field data

Explanation:
First, I think it's field, and not box. Although this is being nit-picky.

Second, I think that it's data and not information. You enter data and administer data: data entry and data(base) administrator. Configuring data sounds better than configuring information.

Here, input field data can be freely configured.

Lingua.Franca
Spain
Local time: 19:29
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: An Eingabefeld ist called an 'input box' by Microsoft (and most others too, I believe), e.g.: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3yfdhzk5(VS.85).aspx

Asker: @ Stefani: No. This seems a terribly common mistake, but no! Please check any genuine English or American source of computer terminology. Here, "field" is not the correct translation of "Feld", even if Germans like to refer to it in that way. The Microsoft field is: http://www.winvistabeta.com/files/wallpaper/Bliss.jpg

Asker: See also: http://forum.de.selfhtml.org/archiv/2008/5/t170882/ http://www.correct-english.de/s2.html or: https://www.automation.siemens.com/WW/forum/guests/PostShow.aspx?PageIndex=1&PostID=34159&Language=de

Asker: As you can see, even authoritative German sites can get it right. Sorry to harp on about this, but this mistake is regular a source of irritation.

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Input box information

Kphred
Local time: 11:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks! I'll stick to "input box".

Notes to answerer

Asker: Not quite, or not necessarily. To see the kind of application in question here, see: http://broadcastengineering.com/automation/wdr_commissions_bfe_to_renew_broadcast_center/

Asker: As I've mentioned in response to the other answers here, most software vendors refer to "input boxes".

41 mins confidence:

(custom) entry/input fields

Explanation:
The German 'Eingabefeldinformationen' is a bit fuzzy -- actually, it's the input field *content* that can be freely defined/configured -- but I'd just leave out "content":
"Information input fields can be custom-defined and adapted to meet user needs."

Example sentence(s):

"Data entry fields can be defined for specific customer parameters such as part identification..."

Reference: http://www.mwjournal.com/Journal/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_513

Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 19:29
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 34

Notes to answerer

Asker: The correct translation of 'Eingabefeld' is 'input box'. See "Correct English Translations", for example: http://www.german.com.au/s2e.html

25 mins confidence:

Information on entry fields

Explanation:
hope this helps

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-04-30 18:58:23 GMT)
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my apologies "individually"

Example sentence(s):

information on entry fields a configurable and induvidually adjustable

Schwabamädle
Canada
Local time: 13:29
Native speaker of:

German

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