Questions about the Japanese Language as related to computing Note: questions that aren't directly related to the Japanese language (e.g. "How do I input Japanese characters on Windows?") belong on Super User.
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Typing Japanese text from images or clothing
Is there a way of typing Japanese characters when you have no knowledge of the language? I've cut and pasted from Japanese websites before and used translation websites from English to Japanese with ...
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How do I say “requirements” in an IT context?
So I work at a Japanese company as a developer
and I have seen the word "requirements" written as both 要件 and 要求
What is the difference between these 2 words?
Which one would I use in these examples?
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To uncomment in Japanese?
In the context of computer programming, how to say to uncomment?
For instance, here I uncomment a line:
// Before
// myvar = 3;
// After
myvar = 3;
I would use コメントアウトする, but I also see ...
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Verbs in application drop down lists
I am working on translating pick list items that appear in a piece of software from English to Japanese. There is a mix of verbs and nouns on the lists, ex: workplace, attack, wolf, assault, etc... ...
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How to call a wait pointer in Japanese?
In Japanese, how to call a wait pointer?
I am talking about a computer mouse pointer which becomes a spinning wheel or hourglass (depending on the OS) when the application is busy processing ...
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How do specific characters get included in 囲み文字 and what are the meanings they convey?
I have this book 「図解でわかる 文字コードのすべて」 which lists many of the Unicode and JIS symbols that one can type. I noticed the section of enclosed alphanumerics (囲み文字). Not all kanji are included in 囲み文字 which ...
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How to call the phenomenon where a rectangle Ϳ is shown because font misses glyph?
Is there a name to describe the situation where a particular character is shown on a computer screen in a particular font, but this font does not have a glyph for this particular character?
Usually, ...
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When to use 種別 and when to use 区分 when programming
I am having trouble when naming a variable, deciding if I should use ABC種別 or ABC区分. I have been reading a lot of software specifications and the Japanese description usually uses 種別 and 区分 to specify ...
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Japanese dictionary for mathematics/computer science jargon
I study mathematics and computer science, and I'm starting to learn japanese. Could you suggest me dictionaries/sites/etc where I could learn terminology on these subjects?
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What romanization scheme is used by programmers?
I noticed that in this book on bioinformatics with Ruby (the programming language!) (Rubyではじめるバイオインフォマティクス―生物系のためのプログラミング入門), the authors sometimes used romanized Japanese in code examples. For ...
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What is a 割り込みタスク?
One of my coworkers todays said something like:
"Today I have too many 割り込みタスク so I cannot pay too much attention to
this project"
Literally translating it into "interrupting tasks" sounds ...
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How is 名 pronounced in computer terms?
For usernames, etc., you usually see like ユーザ名 or something similar. Or like on my Skype, it says Skype名. How is the 名 pronounced in these situations? I've never been able to conclusively find this ...
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RegEx match sentences except sentences contained in 「」 [closed]
I need to match all of these sentences:
高橋さんはこの学校の校長です。
その戯言、聞き飽きたわ！
あれ、ここにあった筆入れはどこにやったの？
But for these, I want to match the outer sentence, not just the ones inside 「」:
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Arabic numbers: half-width or full-width?
Using my computer, I type a lot of numbers in Japanese text, and I am not sure when to use half-width or full-width.
Are there rules?
Right now I only use half-width, is it fine?
Off-topic: Here is ...
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Software flashcards deck = 単語帳 or デッキ?
I maintain a flashcards app (called AnkiDroid), it is open source so various users contributed the Japanese UI localization.
Unfortunately, for the term "flashcards deck" (a file containing a number ...
