Re: [for Italian users] how to translate "spanner"?

[Federico Bruni]

Il 25/08/2012 23:23, Davide Liessi ha scritto:
> What you observed is part of the reasons because I think that
> "indicazione estesa" or "oggetto esteso" would be the best choices:
> despite the fact that these are two-word terms, they convey the exact
> concept we need to describe, so if one tries to guess what they are,
> chances are he gets the right meaning, in my opinion.
> Furthermore, I think that they look technical enough to suggest to
> read the manual.

I'm not convinced :)
Think about "slur spanner": "Indicazione estesa della legatura di 
portamento". It's too long and also not straightforward.

And I believe that "estensore" looks more technical because it is not 
related at all with music notation, while someone may be lead to think 
that "indicazione estesa" is a notation concept instead of a lilypond 
concept.

> So in the end I am convinced that they satisfy all the "requirements"
> (accurate meaning, easy to guess, technical appearance) with the only
> disadvantage of being two-word expressions.
>
> I changed my mind also about the order of preference: I would choose
> "indicazione estesa" and keep "oggetto esteso" as a substitution.