Computer Terms

This page contains a wordlist for computer related terms so that all the different efforts to translate websites, manuals, programs and apps can share the same vocabulary. Some of these terms are canon, but other might not be, so those should be handled with caution.

Conventions

The Facebook translation team has discussed lots of possibilities and decided on a few things. This does not mean those are accepted laws or defined rules, but could be a useful approach for future translations of similar projects.

To keep buttons short, commands are always in clipped Klingon, such as pol instead of yIpol.

Hardware

English	Klingon	Source
bit	San'on	qep'a' 2019
botnet	qoq De'wI' Doj mey	qepHom 2015
byte	Hut'on	qep'a' 2019
computer main core	De'wI' SoSbor 'a'	BoP
computer server	De'wI' turwI'	qep'a' 2018
computer system	De'wI' pat	BoP
computer	De'wI'	TKD
CPU (central processing unit of a computer)	loHjan	qepHom 2014
data-banks/memory banks	qawHaq	TKD
desktop computer	raS De'wI'	qepHom 2014
internet	'Internet	qepHom 2014
keyboard	nItlh 'echlet	qepHom 2014
laptop computer	De'wI'Hom / De'wI' tIS	qepHom 2014
left mouse button	poS leQ	qepHom 2014
mouse pad	'eQway' 'echlet	qepHom 2014
mouse wheel / scroll wheel	rutlhHom	qepHom 2014
mouse	'eQway'	qepHom 2014
right mouse button	nIH leQ	qepHom 2014
touchpad	'echlet Hab	qepHom 2014
world wide web	weQmoQnaQ	qepHom 2012

Presumably SoSbor on its own could be used for "Motherboard".
The word 'eQway' is used only for the device, not the animal.

Software

Canon nouns

English	Klingon	Notes	Source
account	mab	literally "treaty, contract"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
bug	Qagh	literally: "error, mistake"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
column (of spreadsheet or table)	war	-	qepHom 2015
mode	lo'	literally: "usage"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
row (of spreadsheet or table)	wev	-	qepHom 2015
setting (individual)	DuH	literally "alternative"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
settings (collectively)	SeHlaw	literally "control panel"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
software	nIqHom	-	qep'a' 2016
spreadsheet / table	wa'chaw	-	qepHom 2015
theme	tu'qom	literally: "appearance, configuration"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
wiki	wI'qIy	-	qepHom 2017

non-canon suggestions

The following words are not canonically categorized to be used this way and are listed here only as a suggestion.

English	Klingon	Notes	Source
file	De'	literally: "data"	TKD
help	QaH		TKD
window	Qorwagh	literally a real "window" in a house, as is the English	KGT

Canon Verbs

English	Klingon	Notes	Source
sign up	qI'	literally "sign a treaty"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
sign in	ngaQHa'moH	literally "unlock"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
sign out	ngaQmoH	literally "lock"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
connect	lIn	literally "share"	boQwI' app terms, 2018
disconnect	lInHa'		boQwI' app terms, 2018
download	lI'		TKD
upload	lab		TKD
encrypt	meS	literally "tie a knot"	qepHom 2014
encrypt	So'	literally "hide"	qepHom 2014
decrypt	meSHa'	literally "untie a knot"	qepHom 2014
decrypt	So'Ha'	literally "unhide"	qepHom 2014
crack (a code)	baghHa'	literally "untie"	qepHom 2014

Non-canon suggestions

The following verbs are just literal translations. We do not know if Klingons would "open" a file or if "save" is correct for this, but these verbs have proven useful from an English speaker point of view.

English	Klingon	Notes	Source
open	poSmoH		TKD
close	SoQmoH		TKD
cancel	qIl		TKD
edit	choH		TKD
move	vIH moH		TKD
next	Duv	literally: "advance"	TKD
previous	HeD	literally: "retreat"	TKD
print	ghItlh	literally: "write"	TKD
quit	bup		TKD
save	pol		TKD
save as...	pong 'ej pol	literally "name and save"	TKD
cut	pe'	Ctrl X	TKD
copy	woH	literally "pick up" - Ctrl C	TKD
paste	roQ	literally "put down" - Ctrl V	TKD