Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
menu/menu bar
English answer:
in the menu, on the menu bar
Added to glossary by
Cynthia Brals-Rud
Jun 12, 2002 14:36
21 yrs ago
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English term
Professional,accurate,speedy service
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Dutch to French, Dutch to English, and 7 more.
prep.: menu, menu bar
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Prepositions
A silly question, but nonetheless important.
What's the correct preposition? In or on?
Here are some examples taken from a Web site I am translating into Spanish:
(my doubts are in capital letters)
"Click on xxx IN the administration menu".
"A list of pages will appear IN the main menu in sorted order"
"Placing text/pictures IN the editor"
"All your data will appear in html code in the content field"
Many thanks for your input.
Cynthia
What's the correct preposition? In or on?
Here are some examples taken from a Web site I am translating into Spanish:
(my doubts are in capital letters)
"Click on xxx IN the administration menu".
"A list of pages will appear IN the main menu in sorted order"
"Placing text/pictures IN the editor"
"All your data will appear in html code in the content field"
Many thanks for your input.
Cynthia
Responses
| 4 +1 | in menu / on menu bar |
Mary Worby
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| 4 +3 | in |
Kemal Mustajbegovic
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| 4 +1 | both |
Victoria Barkoff
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| 5 | in |
garvey (X)
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| 5 | ...en... |
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
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Responses
+1
15 mins
Mary Worby
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
&
English
United Kingdom
Friendly, reliable and accurate!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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164
Selected
in menu / on menu bar
Generally you have menu items IN a menu.
And you have buttons/icons ON a menu bar.
You do get lots of hits for 'on the main menu', but many of these are 'on the main menu button' or something similar.
But on would be valid if you were clicking 'on' a menu.
If it's food, it's on the menu!
HTH
Mary
And you have buttons/icons ON a menu bar.
You do get lots of hits for 'on the main menu', but many of these are 'on the main menu button' or something similar.
But on would be valid if you were clicking 'on' a menu.
If it's food, it's on the menu!
HTH
Mary
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all for answering my question. As explained, I am translating into Spanish (yes, always en). But you know how our minds work, you just all of a sudden question something and it bugs you.
Mary understood exactly where my problem was. Hits on Google were no reference in this case.
Again, thanks a lot!"
+1
9 mins
Victoria Barkoff
Native in English
&
English
English translator/editor for 17 years
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
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8
both
Search for "in the main menu": 32,000 + hits
Search for "on the main menu": 61,000 + hits
Search for "on the main menu": 61,000 + hits
+3
10 mins
Kemal Mustajbegovic
quality is never an accident
Native in: Croatian
Works in: English to Croatian, Croatian to English, English to Bosnian, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
in
In all your examples "in" s correct.
Click ON the icon IN the menue.
Place the file IN the folder.
...
N.B. Prepositions in English are pretty tricky for NESP.
Good luck!
Regards!
Click ON the icon IN the menue.
Place the file IN the folder.
...
N.B. Prepositions in English are pretty tricky for NESP.
Good luck!
Regards!
Peer comment(s):
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Paul Mably (X)
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thx!
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jerrie
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thx!
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John Kinory (X)
: But if this is being translated INTO Spanish?...
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Thanks, but, the asker's put it as a dilema in monolingual (English) field.
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in
Either answer could be correct, but "in" is probably most appropriate in the examples you have given. "In" signifies that the object is part of a larger group. "On" would have the connotation of being a physical characteristic for reference only. Different people think differently contextually. It boils down to the context intended by the original author.
8 hrs
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
Ready Comprehensive 30 year experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
...en...
Period. Just go straight. You'll solve a lot of trouble with this... Hopefully..
Almost always USE "EN", in Spanish.
Good evening and good luck.
Almost always USE "EN", in Spanish.
Good evening and good luck.
Peer comment(s):
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John Kinory (X)
: This is English (mono)
1 hr
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Sorry about that... Seems I always make this silly mistake...
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Discussion
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