From: lambri@ifi.unizh.ch (Dimitrios Lambrinos)
Subject: Re: computer terminology in Greek
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 13:26:12 GMT


In article <1992Nov13.225931.21258@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>, santas@inf.ethz.ch (Philip Santas) writes:

> Dev mas les: Poiov 3ereis pou eivai Metaglwtisths ws eppaggelma?
> Kai milame gia _Fysikh_ Glwssa se auth tn periptwsn (Natural Language, 
> gia va to katalabeis :-)





Pollous, Stnv Ellada oxi kai tosous, alla stnv upoloipn Eurwpn para pollous.
Metaglwtistns, Metaglwtizw, Metaglwtismenos.
Sumfwna me tnv entupwsn pou exw sxnmatisei (den jerw an einai swstn n oxi),
Metaglwtistns einai autos pou douleue (den jerw an douleuei akoma) stnv ERT ( n ET1)
YENED (or ET2) kai metaglwtize jenes tainies sta Ellnvika.

Meta-glwtizw -----> anaferetai se Speech (Offline).
Metafrastns ------> anaferetai se Written Documents.
Diermnneas ------> anaferetai se Speech (real time conversations).

Kai pali den eimai sigouros, alla autn eivai n entupwsn pou exw
sxnmatisei.


Peri -tns kai -as:

Basileuw ----> Basileu ------> Basileas -------> Basialias.
Eisaggelw -----> Eisaggeleu ------> Eisaggeleas.
Politeia -----> Politns ------> Politauomai -------> Politeuths.



Apo oti mporw na anakalesw (ftwxes gramatikes gnwseis) ta se -tns
bgainoun apo tnv paqntikn metoxn tou Evestwta, enw ta se -as bgaivouv
apo tnv Evergntikn. Den eimai omws sigouros gi'auto (mallov lathos eimai).


Peri translator-interpreter-compiler:

This is what I found in Webster's dictionary (hope it helps):

in-ter-pret-er \in-'ter-pret-er, -pet-\ n
(14c)
1: one that interprets; esp: a person who translates orally for
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     parties conversing in different languages
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2a: a machine that prints on punch cards the symbols recorded in them
     by perforations
2b: a computer program that translates an instruction into machine
     language and executes it before going to the next instruction

com-pil-er \kem-'p[0xF5]^--ler\ n
(14c)
1: one that compiles
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^??
2: a computer program that translates an entire set of instructions
     written in a higher-level symbolic language (as COBOL) into machine
     language before the instructions can be executed 

trans-late \tran(t)s-'la^-t, tranz-\ vb  trans-lat-ed; trans-lat-ing
[L translatus (pp. of transferre to transfer, translate), fr. trans-
     + latus, pp. of ferre to carry -- more at TOLERATE, BEAR]
vt
(14c)
1a: to bear, remove, or change from one place, state, form, or appearance
     to another: TRANSFER, TRANSFORM <a country boy translated
     to the city> <translate ideas into action>
1b: to convey to heaven or to a nontemporal condition without death
1c: to transfer (a bishop) from one see to another
2a: to turn into one's own or another language
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2b: to transfer or turn from one set of symbols into another: TRANSCRIBE
2c (1): to express in different terms and esp. different words: PARAPHRASE
2c (2): to express in more comprehensible terms: EXPLAIN, INTERPRET
3: ENRAPTURE
4: to subject to mathematical translation
5: to subject (as genetic information) to translation in protein synthesis
~ vi
1: to practice translation or make a translation; also: to admit
     of or be adaptable to translation <a word that doesn't translate easily>
2: to undergo a translation
3: LEAD, RESULT -- usu. used with into <tax cuts translate
     into bigger savings>
-- trans-lat-abil-i-ty \(,)tran(t)s-,la^-t-e-'bil-et-e^-, (,)tranz-\
     n 
-- trans-lat-able \tran(t)s-'la^-t-e-bel, tranz-\ adj 
-- trans-la-tor \-'la^-t-er\ n 

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