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\huge Englische Redewendungen im Computer-Bereich \\
\small von Ingo Blechschmidt \\
\tiny 10. Oktober 2005
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{\large \textbf{Feste Ausdrücke:}}
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\begin{dictlist}
\dictitem{As far as I know (AFAIK)}{Soweit ich weiß}{AFAIK this feature was implemented in version 6.2.10.}
\dictitem{As soon as possible (ASAP)}{Bald möglichst}{Please fix this ASAP.}
\dictitem{By the way (BTW)}{Nebenbei bemerkt}{BTW -- I fixed this bug yesterday.}
\dictitem{For what it's worth (FWIW)}{Wenn man micht fragt}{FWIW, I don't think this behaviour is a bug.}
\dictitem{For your information (FYI)}{Zu deiner Information}{FYI, Google provides 100 GiB of mail storage.}
\dictitem{Happy to help (HTH)}{Schön, dass ich helfen konnte}{``Thanks very much!'' -- ``HTH''}
\dictitem{If I recall correctly (IIRC)}{Wenn ich mich recht erinerre}{IIRC this bug is fixed now.}
\dictitem{In my humble opinion (IMHO)}{Meiner unbedeutenden Meinung nach}{IMHO this is definitely a bug.}
\dictitem{Pain in the arse (PITA)}{Ärgernis}{That's a PITA!}
\dictitem{Read the manual (RTM)}{Lies' das Handbuch}{Have you RTM?}
\dictitem{Real soon now (RSN)}{Wirklich jetzt gleich}{I'm going to fix this RSN.}
\dictitem{Someone Else's Problem (SEP)}{Problem von jemand anderem}{I'm not going to fix this, that's SEP.}
\dictitem{Thanks in advance (TIA)}{Danke im Voraus}{``[...] TIA, [name]''}
\dictitem{To be honest (TBH)}{Um ehrlich zu sein}{TBH, I don't like the new release cycle.}
\dictitem{With respect to sth. (WRT)}{In Bezug auf etwas}{WRT the new calling conventions, I'm fine. [``WRT to'' sometimes used as well]}
\end{dictlist}
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{\large \textbf{Verben:}}
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\begin{dictlist}
\dictitem{to connect (to a server)}{eine Verbindung (zu einem Server) herstellen}{Hm, I can't connect to \texttt{google.com}?!}
\dictitem{to idle (on IRC, on a forum)}{"`rumidlen"' (nichts tun)}{``Hey, what are you doing currently?'' -- ``Oh, I'm only idling...''}
\dictitem{to IRC}{im IRC chatten}{Glad I've found some time to IRC!}
\dictitem{to join a channel}{einen Channel (im IRC) beitreten}{Check out the latest chatterbox entries, join \texttt{\#holbein}!}
\dictitem{to leave a channel}{einen Channel (im IRC) verlassen}{Hm, everybody leaves \texttt{\#holbein}...}
\dictitem{to reconnect}{eine Verbindung trennen und erneut aufbauen}{Weird... I'll try reconnecting...}
\dictitem{to Wikipedia (a topic)}{(einen Begriff) auf Wikipedia nachschlagen}{``The Bose-Einstein condensate is a gaseous superfluid phase formed by atoms cooled to temperatures very near to absolute zero.'' -- ``Hang on, I'll have to Wikipedia all these words first...''}
\dictitem{to write/compose a mail}{eine Mail verfassen}{The new Grtzbaka agent can even write mails!}
\end{dictlist}
\end{multicols}
\end{document}
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