Re: [lojban] Re: open and save

[robin <robin@bilkent.edu.tr>]

Adam Raizen wrote:
> de'i li 2003-01-08 ti'u li 09:43:00 la'o zoi. Chris Double .zoi cusku di'e
>
>
> > How do other languages translate the concepts of 'file', etc in computer
> > terms?
>
> In Hebrew "file" is "kovetz", which means approximately "small collection"
> in other contexts, and "directory" is "sifriya", which means "library" 
> in other contexts. The use of "kovetz" for file has always seemed not
> the most fitting to me, like something that the Hebrew Language Academy
> came up with.

In Turkish, "file" is "dosya" (a collection of papers, from French) and 
folder is "klasör" (a ring binder, again from French).

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