Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

gorilla engineering

Chinese translation:

大猩猩工程

Added to glossary by clearwater
Dec 20, 2011 02:35
12 yrs ago
English term

gorilla engineering

English to Chinese Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) cloud computing
"The behavior of the system as a whole can be, and often is, influenced by things completely outside of your control," Eden points out. His solution: practice gorilla engineering (the practice of dealing with rapidly changing environments).

Discussion

Julia Zou Dec 20, 2011:
我也搜了,网上应该还没有。你翻译的东西都应该算计算机领域比较前沿的了。所以,估计很多相关词汇的翻译都得你来定。:)
clearwater (asker) Dec 20, 2011:
网上搜索了,还没有译名。我是担心已有译法,却还要自己造一个出来。

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大猩猩工程/格瑞拉工程

对这种汉语还没有固定译法的词,可采用的方法为:要么英译,要么直译,后面再加括号,将英文原词放在括号里。

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Note added at 14 mins (2011-12-20 02:50:54 GMT)
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这里gorilla engineering 后面本来就有对这个词的解释。

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Note added at 25 mins (2011-12-20 03:01:01 GMT)
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你这样翻译了之后,比如“大猩猩工程”,后边也有对这一名词的解释,说不定以后大家都借用你的译法,再以后就都约定俗成这样翻译了。:)
Note from asker:
我要的是这个短语的译名,而意思不言自明。
Peer comment(s):

disagree Dr Shijun He : Gorilla 在这里应该是guerrilla,取的是游击队、临时队伍,延伸在这里有临时修补的意思
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Guerrilla engineering?

"临时工程学"/"即时工程学"
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