User interface translation

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(26-05-2020 22:33)simoncn Wrote:  Which of these do you think is better?

Personally, I’d prefer "BPM". Ask two people and you’ll get at least three answers.

(26-05-2020 22:33)simoncn Wrote:  It is used when files have multiple values for a tag. For example, you might have files with the following Genre tags:

File 1:
GENRE=Rock
GENRE=Disco

File 2:
GENRE=Rock
GENRE=Metal

File 3:
GENRE=Rock

If you select Rock for Genre, you will see three more sub-choices for Genre:

Disco
-- shows file 1
Metal
-- shows file 2
[none of above]
-- shows file 3

"[nichts vom oben genannten]" would be a correct translation in this context, but it’s IMO a rather bulky one. I’d prefer "[nichts davon]" instead. The former is a more literal translation than the latter and would preserve "above". If translating "nichts davon" back to English it would be something like "none of this", but if a German says "nichts davon" in this context, it can only refer to something said or written before. Therefore literally translating "above" isn’t needed in this case. "nichts davon" implies that it relates to the items shown above.

(26-05-2020 22:33)simoncn Wrote:  The list of items contains single objects (track files) and it also contains groups (a group contains a number of closely related track files, like the movements of a symphony). The word 'item' was chosen as a generic term to cover both these cases and possibly additional cases in the future.

I’d suggest "Titel" (singular and plural are the same). In German "Titel" is a more generic term than "Satz" (German translation of "movement"). E.g. we say "Titelliste" if talking about a tracklist of an album, even if it only contains classical music. No one says "Satzliste". However, "Titel" isn’t as generic as "items" is. "Eintrag" would be a more generic term, but for a native speaker it sounds strange in this context.