User:N-true/List of Klingon computer terms
Back in the days when I worked on translating the Klingon language version of Wikipedia (which has now been moved to Wikia), I made a list of the computer related terms that I had to come up with. I think this might come useful who also try to translate a program into Klingon. Note that the terms I'm coining here are in now way canon translations; however, except for the word wIqIpe'DIya (Wikipedia) and GNU, which I kept, I didn't invent any neologisms.
I will give the literal translation for each item in the list as well... later. By the way, only now I am getting the idea of checking the Klingon translation of Google for words that they already coined. So some of the words here might be newer than those used on the tlhIngan Hol wIqIpe'DIya on Wikia. See also this posting in the KLI mailing list.
| English | Klingon | Literal translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| account (n) | pongghItlh | better solution? | |
| admin(istrator) (n) | loHwI' | same as "sysop" | |
| anonymous (adj) | pong ghajbe'bogh | who doesn't have a name | cannot be used as in "anonymous comment" |
| article (n) | ghItlh | document | |
| automatically (adv) | tagh'eghbogh (?) | beginning of noun phrase (?) | |
| ban (?) | tuch | ||
| block (n) | botta'ghach | the state of being blocked; the act of blocking someone | |
| bold(ed) (adj) | pI' | ||
| browser (n) | tu'wI' | finder | |
| bureaucrat (n) | SImwI' | ||
| button (n) | chu'wI' | ||
| cache (n) | qawHaqHom | ||
| category (n) | Segh | ||
| click (v) | yuv | ||
| comment (n) | QIn | ||
| communications computer (n) | Qum De'wI' | < KBoP | |
| compare (v) | SeH | ||
| computer (n) | De'wI' | < TKD | |
| computer keyboard (n) | De'wI' SeHlaw | < KLI-ML | |
| computer network (n) | De'wI' pat | < KLI-ML; means computer system on the KBoP | |
| computer program (n) | De'wI' mIw | < KLI-ML | |
| computer research lab (n) | De'wI' Qulpa' | < KBoP | |
| computer science (n) | De'wI'QeD | < KLI | |
| computer scientist (n) | De'wI'tej | < KLI-ML | |
| computer system (n) | De'wI' pat | < KBoP | |
| computer virus (n) | De'wI' ghew | < KLI-ML | |
| computer virus (n) | De'wI' rop | < De'vID (KLI-ML) | |
| computer virus (n) | ghunHa'ghach | < KLI-ML | |
| content(s) (n) | mu'mey | words | same as "text" |
| context (n) | potlh | ||
| contribution (n) | ghaq | ||
| cookies (n) | chabHommey | small pies | as suggested by Pne |
| copyright (n) | ghItlh DIb | ||
| copy (v) | chenqa'moH | ||
| cyberspace (n) | De'wI'ghom | computer group | < DloraH (KLI-ML); also means network, LAN, internet |
| data (n) | De' | < TKD | |
| date format (n) | poH meqba' | ||
| deadlink, dead-end page (n) | natlIS ghItlh | ||
| delete (v) | teq | used on Wikia | |
| delete (v) | polHa' | discard | < KLI-ML |
| description (n) | Delta'ghach | ||
| developer (n) | chenmoHwI' | creator | |
| disambiguation (n) | chuHwI' | used on Wikia | |
| discussion (n) | ja'chuq | same as "talk" | |
| discussion group (n) | jabbI'IDghom | < KLI-ML; also means newsgroup, mailing list | |
| edit (v) | choH | used on Wikia | |
| e-mail (n) | jabI'ID | ||
| e-mail (v) | lI' | dir. obj. = addressee | |
| e-mail address (n) | jabbI'ID SoQ | ||
| export (v) | HurvaD ... lup | ... marks the dir. obj. | |
| external link(s) (n) | Hur De' | used on Wikia | |
| FAQ (n) | ghel'ay' | ||
| feed (n) | je' | ||
| file (n) | De''ay | ||
| form (n) | gherwI' | same as "tool" | |
| formula (n) | mI'tlhegh | ||
| GNU Free Documentation License (n) | "GNU" ja' chaw' tlhab | ||
| hacker (n) | ghunchu'wI' | < Alan Anderson (KLI-ML) | |
| help (n) | QaH | used on Wikia | |
| history (n) | qun | used on Wikia | |
| hit (?) | chav | ||
| image (n) | nagh beQ | coined by Google | |
| import (v) | qoDvaD ... lup | ... marks the dir. obj. | |
| internet (n) | De'wI'ghom | computer group | < DloraH (KLI-ML); also means network, LAN, cyberspace |
| joystick (n) | De'wI' QujmeH naQ | < Quv (KLI-ML) | |
| LAN (n) | De'wI'ghom | computer group | < DloraH (KLI-ML); also means network, internet, cyberspace |
| link (n) | Hur De' | used on Wikia; see also "external link" | |
| log in (v) | 'el | ||
| log out (v) | bup | ||
| mailing list (n) | jabbI'IDghom | < KLI-ML; also means newsgroup, discussion group | |
| main page (n) | ghItlh'a' | major document | used on Wikia |
| main computer core (n) | De'wI' SoSbor'a' | < KBoP | |
| minor change (n) | loQ choHlu' neH | used on Wikia | |
| move (v) | vIH | transitive; used on Wikia | |
| namespace (n) | pongDaq | nameplace | or rather pong Daq? |
| navigation (n) | SeHlaw | ||
| network (n) | De'wI'ghom | computer group | < DloraH (KLI-ML); also means internet, LAN, cyberspace |
| newsgroup (n) | jabbI'IDghom | < KLI-ML; also means mailing list, discussion group | |
| page (n) | ghItlh / Daq | see also "main page" | |
| parse (v) | poj | ||
| password (n) | ngoq | ||
| policy (n) | ngoch | ||
| preferences (n) | DuHmey | ||
| program (v) | ghun | ||
| programmer (n) | ghunwI' | < KLI-ML | |
| programming (n) | ghuntaHghach | < KLI-ML | |
| programming language (n) | ghunmeH Hol | < KLI-ML | |
| protect (n) | Qan | used on Wikia | |
| query (n) | Sam | ||
| recent changes (n) | choH tetlh | list of change(s) | |
| redirect (n) | rarqa'ghach | ||
| revert (v) | choHHa'qa' | ||
| save (v) | choq | ||
| save (v) | (De'wI') ta' choq | < KLI-ML | |
| server (n) | toy'wI' | ||
| sidebar (n) | retlh HIDjolev | ||
| software (n) | ghunta'ghach | ||
| spam (n) | De'wI' veQ | < KLI-ML | |
| sysop (n) | loHwI' | same as "admin(istrator)" | |
| tactical computer (n) | ya De'wI' | < KBoP | |
| talk (n) | ja'chuq | same as "discussion" | |
| template (n) | chen'ay' | ||
| text (n) | mu'mey | words | same as "content(s)" |
| title (n) | ghItlhpong | documentname | also pong in short |
| tool (n) | gherwI' | same as "form" | |
| upload (v) | lab | ||
| URL (n) | De'wI' Quv | < DloraH (KLI-ML); also means website | |
| user (n) | lo'wI' | user | |
| user guide (n) | De''ay' ngaSwI' | ||
| watch (v) | bej | in the Wiki sense | |
| watchlist (n) | ghoqtetlh | or rather bej tetlh? | |
| website (n) | De'wI' Quv | < DloraH (KLI-ML); also means URL | |
| Wikipedia (pn) | wIqIpe'DIya | — | neologism, coined by myself |
Feel free to use the same terms, comment or add new translations to this list. If you can inform me of other
Does anyone know how to make all the entries in the "Klingon" column bold?