[#4766] Wiki — "Glen Stampoultzis" <trinexus@...>

21 messages 2000/09/04
[#4768] RE: Wiki — "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nahi@...> 2000/09/04

Hi, Glen,

[#4783] Re: Wiki — Masatoshi SEKI <m_seki@...> 2000/09/04

[#4785] Re: Wiki — "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nakahiro@...> 2000/09/05

Howdy,

[#4883] Re-binding a block — Dave Thomas <Dave@...>

16 messages 2000/09/12

[#4930] Perl 6 rumblings -- RFC 225 (v1) Data: Superpositions — Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>

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11 messages 2000/09/15

[#4936] Ruby Book Eng. translation editor's questions — Jon Babcock <jon@...>

20 messages 2000/09/16

[#5045] Proposal: Add constants to Math — Robert Feldt <feldt@...>

15 messages 2000/09/21

[#5077] Crazy idea? infix method calls — hal9000@...

This is a generalization of the "in" operator idea which I

17 messages 2000/09/22

[#5157] Compile Problem with 1.6.1 — Scott Billings <aerogems@...>

When I try to compile Ruby 1.6.1, I get the following error:

15 messages 2000/09/27

[ruby-talk:5112] Ruby Book, Eng. tl, kei/kata and shurui -> 'type'?

From: Jon Babcock <jon@...>
Date: 2000-09-25 18:34:08 UTC
List: ruby-talk #5112
Jon, the editor, here...

Because 'type' is a technical term in programming languages, I try to
avoid using 'type' where the technical meaning is not intended.

In chapters 2, 4, and 10 (the chapters I've completed so far), I have
tried to enforce this policy, using Eng. 'type' for 型 (kei/kata) and
such words as 'kind', 'variety', 'category', plurals, etc., for 種類 
(shurui).

The Eng. tl of Table 8.1 is 'Types of Objects' for オブジェクトの種類 
(obujekuto no shurui)

Would it be correct to write オブジェクトの型 (obujekuto no kei/kata)
here?  Would that change the meaning? (Of course this is not a
suggestion. Just a question.)

OTOH, on the English side, would something like 'Kinds of Objects' be
incorrect or misleading here?

I'm inclined to leave the translation as 'Types of Objects' in this
case. But input from experts would help me to clarify my 'editorial
policy'.

Table 8.1 goes on to list and explain things like T_OBJECT, T_TRUE,
T_REGEXP, T_FIXNUM, T_SCOPE, T_NODE etc.

Thanks.

Jon

PS

Please correct my J. readings any time. I'm always interested in how
these terms are pronunciated in the 'real' world.

-- 
Jon Babcock <jon@kanji.com>

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