Chinese software development and computer terms

Chinese software development and computer terms

By devin, 16 September, 2015

I scoured the internet for a cheat sheet list of Chinese vocabulary related to computers/tech work, but I couldn't find one. So here goes nothing!

Short link to this list: www.devinhoward.ca/chinese

Edit to add: This list is really useful! http://www.iicm.org.tw/term/index.asp?

Development

中文 English pīnyīn  
正式 production zhèngshì I'm not 100% sure if this is an accurate translation yet.
测试 staging cèshì  
开发 development kāifā  
代码 code dàimǎ  
重构 refactor chónggòu  
部署 deploy bùshǔ  

 

User Interface

中文 English pīnyīn  
撤销  undo chèxiāo  
复制 copy fùzhì  
你确定吗? Are you sure? Nǐ quèdìng ma?  
名称 name míngchēng (of an object, rather than a person)
行为 action xíngwéi  
描述 description miáoshù  

 

Computer Science Concepts

中文 English pīnyīn  
child (node)  
parent (node)  
顶级 root (node) dǐngjí  
分类 category fēnlèi  
数组 array shùzǔ I'm not sure if this is right yet...  www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqtm=2&wdqcha…

 

Web Development

中文 English pīnyīn  
域名 domain name yùmíng  
主机名 hostname zhǔjīmíng  
显示/收起 show/hide xiǎnshì/shōuqǐ I was allowed to say 展示 on its own, but once I introduced a toggling function I had to switch to these
新增 create xīnzēng Non-computer version: 创造 (chuàngzào)
返回 back fǎnhuí  
编辑 edit biānjí  
更新 update gēngxīn  
删除 delete shānchú  
权限 permission quánxiàn  
角色 role juésè  
页面 (web) page yèmiàn  
筛选 filter shāixuǎn (the verb)
分页 pagination fēnyè  
排序 sort páixù  
数据库 database shùjùkù  
字段 field zìduàn e.g. a database column
数据 data shùjù  

Hardware

中文 English pīnyīn  
磁盘阵列盒 RAID cípán zhènlièhé  
磁盘 hard drive cípán  
适配器

>转换器

adapter

(or)

shìpèiqì

zhuǎnhuànqì

 
雷电接口 Thunderbolt (Apple's cable) léidiàn jiēkǒu  
热插拔 hot swappable rèchābá  
性能 performance (i.e. speed) xìngnéng  

Git (based on https://git-scm.com/book/zh/v2)

中文 English pīnyīn  
仓库 repository cāngkù  
克隆 clone kèlóng  
提交 commit tíjiāo  
远程 remote yuǎnchéng  
抓取 fetch zhuāqǔ  
拉取 pull lāqǔ  
推送 push tuīsòng  
标签 tag biāoqiān  
检出 checkout jiǎnchū  
分支 branch fēnzhī  
合并 merge hébìng  
储藏 stash chǔcáng  

Unsorted

中文 English pīnyīn  
删除 remove shānchú  
拿掉 take away nádiào  
之后我们可能会 “someday we could“ zhīhòu wǒmen kěnéng huì Expressing possibility in the future
修复 fix xiūfù This is the verb
解决方法 solution jiějué fāngfǎ This is the noun
单引号 single quotation mark (') dān yǐnhào  
双引号 double quotation mark (") shuāng yǐnhào  
对话框 dialog box duìhuàkuàng  
按钮 button ànniǔ  
模版 template móbǎn / múbǎn  
文档 documentation wéndàng  
推演 infer tuīyǎn  
点击 click (a mouse) diǎnjī  
单击 single click dānjī  
双击 double click shuāngjī  

 

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