Hi, On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 07:20:45PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2002, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote about "Re: Essay about Free Software - >in Hebrew": > > On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 02:43, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > > http://nadav.harel.org.il/essays/chofesh/ > >... > > 2. One nitpick - I would avoid pitting 'commercial software' (Tochna > > Misharit) againt 'free software' because it implies that free software > > cannot be commercial. How about 'closed software' (Tochna Sgoora)? > > I've been thinking about this some more... > > How about the phrase "proprietary software"? > > The m-w.com definition for proprietary has: > "... something that is used, produced, or marketed under exclusive legal > right of the inventor or maker; specifically ... protected by secrecy, > patent, or copyright against free competition ..." > > I think it says something similar to what people tried to tell me (closed > software, enslaving software, etc.), but it is a known term that doesn't > need any explanation, and it also doesn't (as far as I know) carry any > connotations of prejudice, fanaticism, or communism ;) > > How would I say "proprietary" in Hebrew? I've seen people use the term > "tochna kinyanit", but I'm not sure how good this translation is... What > is the "official" translation of proprietary into Hebrew?
In babylon it's "kinyanit", but I think most people don't know this word, and for the purpose this article was written for, "mischarit" is the best. I am using this opportunity to recommend (again!) the latest wordtrans, especially qwordtrans, that when compiled against QT3 works perfectly with the engtoheb dictionary file of babylon. This is mostly thanks to the author, Ricardo Villalba, who spends time at this hebrew support more than most other people (including me), and I don't think he even knows hebrew. > > -- > Nadav Har'El | Thursday, Aug 15 2002, 8 Elul 5762 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- > Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |Happiness isn't getting what you want, > http://nadav.harel.org.il |it's wanting what you've got. > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
