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The Impact of Computer Jargon on English Language and User Experience, Slides of Applications of Computer Sciences
The prevalence of english language in computing, the challenges of non-english speakers, and the evolution of tech-specific terminology. It also discusses the impact of english dominance on the web, the emergence of multilingual solutions, and the potential consequences for non-english languages.
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Computer Jargon Imperils English AndIntimidates Would-Be Users
Computers and LanguageTechnobabble, Technotongues, andGeekspeak, Baffle-gab, andTechnospeak
WW Isn’t in the Web ❧The language of the Web is largely English^ ^ 73% of the users are US citizens^ ^ 11% are in Europe^ ^ 8% are in Mexico and Canada^ ^ 3% are in Australia and New Zealand^ ^ 5% are elsewhere ❧80% (+/-) of E-mail is in English
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Why English? ❧ARPANET was originally a US invention^ ^ Simple Mail Transfer Protocol transfers thestandard (English) ASCII character set ❧Many programming languages are English-based ❧English is a common second language ❧Relatively few foreign language web sites
What’s Changing? ❧Tango, a new multilanguage browser usesUNICODE ❧Web Translator: converts text betweenlanguages ❧Browsers that limit searches to specificlanguages or that are in different languages ❧UNICODE character set supports 65Kcharacters and supports almost all languages
Thai Characters in UNICODE
❧Increasing numbers of foreign languageweb sites (late ‘96)^ ^ Japan^
500, ^ Finland^
280, ^ Italy^
115, ^ Poland^
39, ^ Singapore^
39, ^ Russian Federation^
33,
Advertising Encourages GreaterVariety ❧Jelly Belly Options:
“Purified” Terminology ❧ les hackers^ of the world
informatique^ must use^ ^ logiciel^ ^ computre^ ^ la donnée (data)^ ^ la base de donnée^ ^ la mémorie vivre (RAM)^ ^ la mémorie morte (ROM)
Can French Keep Up? ❧French terminology increases documentlength by 20% ❧Is the French language incomplete? Englishis 3-6 times larger in vocabulary ❧French products are used only in French-speaking countries^ ^ Sommet de la Francophonie - all manuals willbe in French
Consortium for SpeechTranslation Advanced Research(C-STAR) ❧A 10-language, conference call withautomated translation ❧10,000-word vocabulary ❧Simultaneous translation amongrepresentatives in English, French, German,Italian, Japanese and Korean. ❧A small delay of one or two seconds,similar to that comes of human translators.
Selected Web Sites ❧Glossary of PC & Internet Terminology^ ^ http://homepages.enterprise.net/jenko/Glossary/G.htm^ ^ http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Information_and_Documentation/Computing_Dictionaries/
Driver: guy who delivers pizzaIncompatible Driver: Dominoe’s driver delivering a PizzaHut pizzaBreadth First Search: when you’re more hungry than thirstyExecutables: convicted murderers, terrorists, Barneythe dinosaurPASCAL: directions to the Pacific OceanObject-Oriented: a greedy, materialistic personGroupware: a uniformSpreadsheet Program: a method for making the bedAPI: Mike HammerActiveX: an energetic divorceeDistributed Computing: "Hey, they’re giving away free computers!"Algorithm: a quote from the Vice-President