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stelingo
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 Message 1 of 11
24 October 2012 at 2:04am | IP Logged 
I definitely have a big gap in my internet vocabulary in my target languages. Rather than trawl through dictionaries and the internet on my own to fill in the gaps, I thought it would be a good idea and beneficial to many of us if we could translate the common terms into our native language. Only thing is my far from exhaustive list is already quite long. Hopefully some people will be willing to take the time. Please feel free to add to the list. I also added a few words connected to other new technologies.

@ (at)
address book
attach (to emails)
bold
bookmark
broadband
browser (the programme)
button
click (imperative)
cell phone/mobile phone
download
drag
drop (as in drag and drop)
drop down menu
email address
to email someone
file
firewall
folder
homepage
hyperlink
icon
inbox
internet user
ISP
Go back
Google (verb)
keyboard
laptop computer/notebook
link
lurker
nickname
modem
mouse
mouse pad
network
outbox
password
recycle bin
run (execute)
save
search engine
secure server
sent box (in email programme)
smart phone
spam
server
stop (the stop button on the browser)
subject (of an email message)
subscribe
surf the internet
tablet
text/sms
toolbar
updated, update, an update
upload (verb)
user name
virus
video clip
web page
web page address, url
web site, site
wi-fi connection
wireless


Edited by stelingo on 24 October 2012 at 2:06am

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 Message 2 of 11
24 October 2012 at 10:03am | IP Logged 
Maybe you didn't expect such a list in Latin, but here are the Vocabula computatralia

However the most promising source for computer terms would be found in the 'komputeko' of a group named e@l, which aims at translating its collection of 7500 English computerwords into Esperanto, Dutch, German and French. Unfortunately I can't se any fullblown lists on its homepage, though there is a search mechanism. But I have at home a technical Anglo-Esperanto dictionary which as far as I remember has been compiled by this group, and during the Esperanto conference in Galway in July this year a representative showed a good oldfashioned list with English words in alphabetical order and translations into the aforementioned languages - exactly the thing I would want to see at their homepage as a scroll-down list.

But there is a serious problem: the only plausible translations are those into Esperanto. You can try to put a word into their search thing to see the format for a minor part of the vocabulary. I tried the word "thread" and got "fadeno" in Esperanto, which I guess is OK, but I got nothing in Dutch and .. Bedrohung and menace in German resp. French. Arrgh!!!!! Obviously the result of relying blindly on machine translations - and having at least one orthography challenged staff member.


Edited by Iversen on 24 October 2012 at 10:11am

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 Message 3 of 11
04 November 2012 at 12:10pm | IP Logged 
Thread is colloquially translated as "draad(je)". Although many Dutch people simply
substitute the English "thread" directly as a loanword instead.

Edited by tarvos on 04 November 2012 at 12:10pm

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 Message 4 of 11
04 November 2012 at 12:18pm | IP Logged 
@ (at) - apestaartje
address book - adresboek
attach (to emails) - bijvoegen, aanhechten
bold - dikgedrukt, vetgedrukt
bookmark - bookmarken (een bookmark voor een echt boek is een boekenlegger)
broadband - breedband
browser (the programme) - verkenner, browser
button - knop
click (imperative) - klik
cell phone/mobile phone - mobiele telefoon (mobiel(tje))
download - downloaden
drag - slepen
drop (as in drag and drop) - wordt waarschijnlijk gewoon vertaald als "drag and drop"
drop down menu - dropdownmenu
email address - emailadres
to email someone - iemand emailen
file - bestand
firewall - firewall
folder - folder
homepage - homepage
hyperlink - hyperlink
icon - icoon, pictogram
inbox - inbox
internet user - internetgebruiker
ISP - ISP
Go back - Ga terug
Google (verb) - Googlen
keyboard - toetsenbord, keyboard
laptop computer/notebook - laptop
link - link
lurker - lurker (English internet slang is usually used as in English)
nickname - bijnaam
modem - modem
mouse - muis
mouse pad - muismat
network - netwerk
outbox - outbox
password - wachtwoord
recycle bin - prullenbak
run (execute) - runnen, uitvoeren
save - opslaan
search engine - zoekmachine
secure server - beveiligde server
sent box (in email programme) - verzonden berichten
smart phone - smartphone
spam - spam
server - server
stop (the stop button on the browser) - stop
subject (of an email message) - onderwerp
subscribe - abonneren
surf the internet - surfen op het internet
tablet - tablet
text/sms - SMS'(en)
toolbar - toolbar
updated, update, an update - updaten
upload (verb) - uploaden
user name - gebruikersnaam
virus - virus
video clip - videoclip
web page - webpagina
web page address, url - webadres, URL
web site, site - website
wi-fi connection - wifiverbinding
wireless - draadloos

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 Message 5 of 11
04 November 2012 at 12:30pm | IP Logged 
Thanks for contributing Tarvos. Looks as though there isn't much interest in general.
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 Message 6 of 11
04 November 2012 at 3:24pm | IP Logged 
Norwegian:

Some symbols I've used to tag some translations:
(*)not quite sure about this one
($)most common by a large extent - other translations might be slightly obscure

@ (at) alfakrøll
address book kontaktliste
attach (to emails) å legge ved
attachment vedlegg
bold fet
bookmark favoritt; bokmerke
broadband bredbånd
browser (the programme) nettleser
button knapp
click (imperative) klikk
cell phone/mobile phone mobiltelefon; mobil
download nedlasting
to download å laste ned
drag dra
drop (as in drag and drop) slipp
drop down menu høyreklikkmeny(*)
email address epost-adresse
to email someone å sende epost til noen
file fil
firewall brannmur
folder mappe
homepage hjemmeside
hyperlink link($); hyperkobling
icon ikon
inbox innboks
internet user nettbruker; internettbruker
ISP ISP
Go back gå tilbake
Google (verb) å google
keyboard tastatur
laptop computer/notebook bærbar PC; laptop
link link
lurker lurker(*)
nickname kallenavn
modem modem
mouse mus
mouse pad musmatte
network nettverk
outbox utboks
password passord
recycle bin papirkurv
run (execute) kjør
save lagre
search engine søkemotor
secure server sikker server(*)
secure connection sikker tilkobling
sent box (in email programme) «sendt»-mappe
smart phone smarttelefon; smartphone
spam spam($); søppelpost
server server
stop (the stop button on the browser) stopp
subject (of an email message) emne
to subscribe å abonnere; å melde seg på
("å underskrive" is uded when you add your name to a list for some cause though)
surf the internet å surfe (sørfe) på mettet
tablet tablet
text/sms sms; melding; tekstmelding
toolbar verktøylinje
to update å oppdatere
an update oppdatering
updated oppdatert
upload (verb) å laste opp
user name brukernavn
virus virus
video clip video; videoklipp
web page nettside
web page address, url nettadresse; URL
web site, site nettside
wi-fi connection trådløs nettverkstilkobling
wireless trådløs

I think that's mostly right.. some people use different terms based on dialects or
local slang and so on..

Edited by stifa on 04 November 2012 at 5:28pm

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 Message 7 of 11
04 November 2012 at 4:09pm | IP Logged 
Thanks stelingo for that list and especially to tarvos for the Dutch translations.

Here are a couple of Dutch sites for Internet words. They are in Dutch only but are easy to understand because of the huge (and quite amazing) influence of English.

http://www.computerwoorden.nl/internet--a.htm

http://www.internetwoordenboek.nl/


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daegga
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 Message 8 of 11
07 November 2012 at 11:20pm | IP Logged 
@stifa
has the term "lenke" gone out of use for "hyperlink"?


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