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How do you translate "Prompt"?

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I want to translate the phrase: "The command is started from the System prompt". I frequently find computing terms are very difficult to translate to Spanish or the suggested translations are long-winded. Sometimes "Prompt" is translated as "Indicador" or "aviso", for example a suggested translation for the above phrase is "El comando se inicia desde un aviso del Sistema". But I prefer : "El comando se inicia desde la pantalla del Sistema". But I still don't like it.

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updated Aug 24, 2010
posted by mextucan

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Hola:

Maybe "indicador", but I am not sure...

updated Aug 24, 2010
edited by LuisaGomezBartle
posted by LuisaGomezBartle
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Yo lo llamo: "Indicador de comandos del sistema".

updated Aug 22, 2010
posted by Mokay
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As an engineer I will say I've always thought that was an ugly phrase in English, too. No wonder it's difficult to translate. It really means "Type in the command", or "Enter the command from the terminal". Aviso certainly doesn't seem right. Pantalla del sistema doesn't sound all bad - system screen, kind of like terminal.

updated Aug 22, 2010
posted by KevinB
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símbolo del sistema? el prompt? ....difficult

updated Aug 21, 2010
posted by margaretbl