Re: what is the translation of "daemon"?

["Chahine M. Hamila" <mch at chaham dot com>]

Guys, I'm afraid there's a coordinator here, so as much as your opinions are
welcome, votes are not exactly useful in that sense that a coordinator is
necessary to ensure harmony AND efficiency in work. Currently, the
coordinator in question is Isam. I am not going to speak for him as he's a
big boy who knows how to defend himself, but if everything is going to be
voted about, the efficiency problem you Anas mention will raise itself
everytime again and again. Of course, as volunteers you also have the last
word on things *you* personally translate.
So, to conclude, Isam said the Arabeyes official translation is simple
tranlisteration because it's an acronym if I remember right, so it'll have to
be it.
Salaam

PS:  if anyone can explain me what mutarabes means besides trainee, I'd be
grateful (I can't read Arabic in my mail). Note that I don't understand it
and I would be surprised if there aren't quite a few others who don't, which
means, Isam's choice is one good choice (see the documentation standards).
Easy is the way to go.

Anas TAWILEH a *crit :

> Hi ..
>
> I also vote for "Motarabes" ...
> I think we have to consult some Arabic Language experts who knows about
> Computers when we encounter such problems so it can speed things up ..
>
> Salamat
> Anas
>
> Quoting Hicham Amaoui <amaoui at altern dot org>:
>
> > Salam,
> >
> > I vote for "Motarabes"
> >
> > Hicham
> >
> > Nader Soliman wrote:
> >
> > >Salam,
> > >
> > >What Chahine has said, is just what I want to say. I always know that
> > >"daemon" is something like a TSRs in Dos that performs services when a
> > >specific conditions come true, so if I see "motarabes el teba3ah" I
> > >think I may get the idea. Besides, I think we are not the only body
> > that
> > >translates English IT terms in general, there are so many committees
> > out
> > >there that do the same thing and we need to give them a good reason to
> > >choose our translation instead of rejecting them as "non-relative to
> > the
> > >English terms or meaning". What I mean by this is that we need to do a
> > >lot of effort to make our translation a de facto so we don't get our
> > >Arab IT world so cluttered as in English.
> > >
> > >Finally, I suggest making a simple vote to be more objective, simply we
> > >can choose between
> > >"Jinni"
> > >"Motarabes"
> > >Other word
> > >
> > >Nader Soliman
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: doc-admin at arabeyes dot org [mailto:doc-admin at arabeyes dot org] On Behalf
> > >Of Chahine M. Hamila
> > >Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 6:50 AM
> > >To: doc at arabeyes dot org
> > >Subject: Re: what is the translation of "daemon"?
> > >
> > >
> > >Mohammed Elzubeir a *crit :
> > >
> > >>Although this is still my opinion, I think it is better to pick a word
> > >>
> > >
> > >>that is both funny, light, and easily understood.. as opposed to
> > >>introducing new words that are heavy and forced.
> > >>
> > >
> > >In addition to this, I would add, look at your translation the other
> > >way. Read your translation and assume you don't know what it's supposed
> > >to be about in arabic, but you know the english term. If you can't
> > guess
> > >the english from your arabic without effort, then your translation is
> > >probably bad...
> > >
> > >Salaam,
> > >Chahine
> > >
> > >
> > >
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