Re: Virtual ما رأيكم بترجمة

["Afief Halumi" <afief dot h at gmail dot com>]

On 8/20/06, Elyess ZOUAGHI <elyess at tunifree dot org> wrote:

2006/8/20, Bashar <big at kuwaitnet dot net>:

 

ok lets say for exemple 'virtual keyboard'
what would be the right arabic translation ?
لوحة مفاتيح خيالية ؟؟؟
the keyboard exist and not imaginary (its not 'not real')
but the keyboard exist virually افتراضيا
لوحة مفاتيح إفتراضية
imaginary = in someone imagination =خيالي
virtualy = in virtual world = إفتراضي

respect;

from www.dictionary.com
vir·tu·al

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 adj.

1. Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name: the virtual extinction of the buffalo.
2. Existing in the mind, especially as a product of the imagination. Used in literary criticism of a text.
3. Computer Science. Created, simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network: virtual conversations in a chatroom

وهمي=a product of the imagination, just like a fata morgana(سراب)
افتراضي is derived from افترض, a programmer takes some settings that he يفترض are the most common and by that making them افتراضي=default.

I agree that افتراضي isn't very right for "defaults" but alas, the big players have made it the official translation for as far long i can remember... changing a word that is already widely used is not good as it breaks standards.