Esperanto-blogo de Sonja » Esperanto for… http://esperanto.kisa.ca Sonja's Esperanto blog Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:56:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Esperanto for hackers http://esperanto.kisa.ca/esperanto-for-hackers http://esperanto.kisa.ca/esperanto-for-hackers#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:59:39 +0000 Sonja Elen Kisa http://esperanto.kisa.ca/?p=68 I often see laypeople getting confused by the many possible meanings of the English word "hacker". The fact that the media use the word almost exclusively in the context of criminal activities doesn’t help, either.

In Esperanto, the matter is clearer, and we have many words:

Hacker

  • artifikulo: someone who uses cleverness, skill or ingenuity to impress or deceive
  • kodumulo: an expert or hobbyist who modifies and tinkers with code in unconventional and custom ways
  • kodrompisto, retpirato: someone who breaks into computer systems, typically to do malicious things
  • datumsekurigisto: a computer security professional
  • komputila virtuozo: someone brilliantly talented with computers

To hack

  • kodumi: to tinker with code in original ways
  • modifi: to modify
  • ripari: to fix

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]]> http://esperanto.kisa.ca/esperanto-for-hackers/feed 0 Esperanto for pirates http://esperanto.kisa.ca/esperanto-for-pirates http://esperanto.kisa.ca/esperanto-for-pirates#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:38:16 +0000 Sonja Elen Kisa http://esperanto.kisa.ca/?p=3

Arrr mateys, the Esperanto language be teeming with expressions dating back to the golden age of piracy in Esperantoland. Here be a few to get ye started.

Kapitano Zamenhof
alborden! up lads and at ‘em!  
 
antaŭa kastelo, teŭgo  fo’c’sle, the raised front part of a ship
babordo kaj tribordo port and starboard
bubo urchin, brat
elo kaj bubinoj ale and wenches
flibustro buccaneer, filibuster
for de l’ vojo! gangway! make way!
fripono rascal, rogue, crook, trickster
fulmotondro! thundering typhoons!* (literally: thunder and lightning!)
grogo grog, diluted rum
haltu tie! avast there!
ho hoj! ahoy!
ho ruk! heave ho!
je la barbo de Zamenhof!  shiver me timbers!
kanajlo scoundrel, scallywag, rapscallion, rascal, rogue
korsaro corsair, a Spanish privateer  
Krakeno Kraken, a horrifying sea monster**
  
maato mate, a rank between captain and ordinary seaman 
marhundo sea dog, an experienced old sailor  
matroso ordinary seaman  
mil lukoj! blistering barnacles!* (literally: one thousand scuttles!)  
poba kastelo poopdeck  
rabaĵo booty, loot, swag  
spadistaĉo swashbuckler, a wild adventurer quick to use his rapier  
stiristo coxswain  
teron triborde! land ho off the starboard bow!  
vi volapukistoj! ye scurvy dogs!  

*These are famous Haddockisms.
**not to be confused with krakeno, a tasty cracker or pretzel

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