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im Agenten

English translation: in the wizard

19:13 Aug 6, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers (general)
German term or phrase: im Agenten
Bisher konnten Sie *im Agenten* Empfänger eine Suche innerhalb der Empfängerdaten durchführen. Der neue Ersetzen-Dialog ermöglicht zusätzlich, den Suchbegriff durch einen Ersatzbegriff zu ersetzen. Klicken Sie auf eine Zelle in der gewünschten Spalte und wählen Sie im Bearbeiten-Menü den Eintrag Ersetzen... aus. Alternativ erreichen Sie den Dialog über die Tastenkombination Strg+H.


This is an extract from a computer manual. I thought maybe 'Agenten' could be a menu of some kind but I'm not sure.
Sarah Port
Local time: 01:35
English translation:in the wizard
Explanation:
From the context this might be what is sometimes called a "wizard", that is a little program that ask you questions about the parameters it needs so that you don't have to find the GUI elements for these parameters yourself.
However, whether this is called an agent or a wizard really depends on your particular program.
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volker_h
Local time: 10:35
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4in the agent
Steven Sidore
2in the wizard
volker_h


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in the agent


Explanation:
Check out the term "software agent" in Wikipedia. That's most likely it, but it would help if you'd tell us what kind of software this is.

Steven Sidore
Germany
Local time: 02:35
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 15
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in the wizard


Explanation:
From the context this might be what is sometimes called a "wizard", that is a little program that ask you questions about the parameters it needs so that you don't have to find the GUI elements for these parameters yourself.
However, whether this is called an agent or a wizard really depends on your particular program.

volker_h
Local time: 10:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Steven Sidore: I agree fundamentally that a wizard is sometimes called "Agent" in German, but in rereading the context, does it seem likely that a wizard would include a search of this type? I tend to think of wizards as serving for a one-time setup.
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