Technological Words

jilang · Post by **jilang** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:15 am

Could someone please give the actual Hokkien words for the technology related words?

Also, I asked this somewhere on another post but, does "ji poann" mean "keyboard"?

casey · Post by **casey** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:35 am

I would say that Hokkien translation of technical terms usually goes along with what has already been translated in Mandarin. Let me try to translate those terms in Hokkien:

- internet 互聯網 (hoo7 lian5 bang7)
- keyboard 鍵盤 (kian7 puaNN5) but I would prefer "pa4 ji7 puaNN5" (打字盤)
- mouse(computer one) 滑鼠 (kut8 cu2)
- speakers 擴聲器，擴音器，放聲器 (khok4 siaNN1 khi3, khok4 im1 khi3, hong3 siaNN1 khi3)
- megabyte 兆位元組 (tiau7 ui7 guan5 coo2), (mega = tiau7 = million, byte = ui7 guan5 coo2 (combination of basic units), bit = ui7 guan5 (basic unit)

There may be other better translations.

jilang · Post by **jilang** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:42 am

Thanks you very much, Casey.

How many of those have you heard being used? In the case of "keyboard", is the first a translation from Mandarin and the second one you've heard being used?

casey · Post by **casey** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:04 pm

All of them except megabyte which is too tedious to use the complete term. Normally we say "meg" for megabyte and "K" for kilobyte.