"Switch off" is poor terminology that does not accurately describe what
happens when the menu option is selected.
http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&q=switch+off&hl=en

"switch off
    PHRASAL VERB 
    If you switch off a light or other electrical device, you stop it working 
by operating a switch."

Clicking "switch off" usually removes power from the computer, but is
not the same as physically operating a switch that turns the computer
off.

"Shut down" works. "Shut off" works. "Power down" or "Power off" may
work.

"Shut down" is probably the best option, as it just as accurately
describes the act of shutting down power to the computer as it does
halting the operating system so that the user may "power down" the
computer manually using a physical switch or button. There's probably a
reason that "shut down" it the terminology that has been in use up until
now.

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Switch "Shut Down" to "Switch Off" and "Suspend" to "Sleep"
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