| English | German |
| ambient light | Umgebungslicht (A type of light that appears as if it is coming from all directions. Use this when you want to light all objects evenly) |
| Ambient Light Indicator | Umgebungslichtindikator (An administration application to help you find lighting issues that affect a smaller area of the Surface screen. This tool can help you adjust the lighting or the unit position. You should use this tool every time that the Surface unit is moved to a new location or lighting is modified significantly) |
| ambient light sensor | Umgebungslichtsensor (A type of light sensor that tracks ambient light in the surroundings and therefore the amount of backlight needed for the LCD screen to be adjusted accordingly) |
| directional light | diffuses Licht (A light source that is attached to a frame but appears to illuminate all objects with equal intensity, as if it were at an infinite distance from the objects. Directional light has orientation but no position, and it is commonly used to simulate distant light sources, such as the sun) |
| extra-light | extra dünn (Having a font weight that corresponds to a weight class value of 200 according to the OpenType specification) |
| light dismiss | einfaches Ausblenden (An effect in which a UI element, such as a flyout, disappears when the user touches anywhere on the screen outside of the element) |
| light sensor | Lichtsensor (A category of sensor that responds to a pre-defined amount of light) |
| light source | Lichtquelle (The element that is providing the light that illuminates a photographic subject) |
| maelstrom light | Strudellicht (The bottom triangular blue light located furthest from the entrance to the hyperspace chute in 3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet) |
| point light | punktuelles Licht (A type of light that is cast outward from a single point in all directions much like a standard light bulb) |
| semi-light | halb dünn (Having a font weight that corresponds to a weight class value of 350 according to the OpenType specification) |
| Show Lights | Lichter anzeigen (A menu command that displays the transformation handles for all lights that are present in the document) |
| spot light | Spotlight (A type of light that is cast like a real spot light. The light starts from the position of the light and spreads out in the shape of a cone. Parts of a 3D object outside the cone of light cast will not be affected by the spot light) |
| status light | Statusanzeige (A light that appears around a Surface screen to indicate the overall status of the unit. The status light displays the following colors: A rhodamine (pink) color appears temporarily when the unit is turned on. A blue color appears temporarily when the unit is turned off. A red color appears when there is a problem with the unit. The SCM status indicator lights provide more details information about the status of a Surface unit) |
| ultra-light | ultra dünn (Having a font weight that corresponds to a weight class value of 200 according to the OpenType specification) |
| video encoded invisible light | Video Encoded Invisible Light (A technology for encoding low-bandwidth digital data bitstream in video signal, which enables broadcasters to encode information into TV commercials that can be detected by special machines but that cannot be seen by the human eye) |
