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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 子 | child (node) | zǐ | |
| 父 | parent (node) | fù | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |