Chinese translations of computer terminologies (WIP)

The meaning is distorted when terminologies are translated, even if they are translated by the literal meanings. In this post I list some translations that I think are “bad”, and hopefully some better translations. (well, unluckily for most of them I can’t think of a better one.)

Disclaimer This post is based on my personal opinions. This post does not try to be informative or educational. This post does not propose a change.

Potentially “bad” translations

in English in Chinese Proposal Notes
function 函数 ~
trap 陷入 ~

cache
简中译作“缓存”,正体译作“快取”。


And why do I write a post about chinese language in english? well, because thanks to wayland, using pinyin in the terminal is not pleasant.

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