total alphabetic character

Swedish translation: totalt

14:17 May 19, 2011
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Computers: Software / Password requirement
English term or phrase: total alphabetic character
Translating strings and these ones appeared and I get confused by the "total".
Password requires at least %d total letters.
Password requires at least %d total numbers.
Password requires at least %d total symbols.

What does "total" mean here?
Thanks!!
Swirlie
Local time: 06:11
Swedish translation:totalt
Explanation:
My two cents: It's a sloppy variant of "a total of" or "in total". If I'm correct, the word "total" is of course superfluous in this context – totally! :-)
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Fredrik Vrang
Sweden
Local time: 06:11
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Totally what I was hoping for. Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
5nothing
Andreas Majetic
3totalt
Fredrik Vrang
3alla...
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totalt


Explanation:
My two cents: It's a sloppy variant of "a total of" or "in total". If I'm correct, the word "total" is of course superfluous in this context – totally! :-)

Fredrik Vrang
Sweden
Local time: 06:11
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Totally what I was hoping for. Thanks!
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nothing


Explanation:
Just don't translate it.

Lösenordet kräver/ska bestå av minst x tecken (etc).

Andreas Majetic
Sweden
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alla...


Explanation:
Once again, I'm still not Swedish but surely 'alla' would work best here? (or maybe not)

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Note added at 2 days22 hrs (2011-05-22 12:34:34 GMT)
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% av alla bokstäver/nummer/symboler (on a standard keyboard)

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Note added at 2 days22 hrs (2011-05-22 12:35:50 GMT)
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% av alla bokstäver/nummer/symboler (on a standard keyboard)


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength
SafeTex
France
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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