[hackerspaces] Translating word 'hackerspace' to other languages?

[Maria Droujkova]

In Russian, it's apparently the word HackSpace, transliterated, which
behaves as Russian words do in grammar. That is, people attach suffixes and
what not to it.

хакспейс

I am not in Russia, but I can search the Russian Wikipedia :-)
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace However, the article does not name
any Russian hackerspaces, so I don't know if they even exist, or are simply
being discussed.

Cheers,
Maria Droujkova

Make math your own, to make your own math.




On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 7:46 AM, das ende der nahrungskette <jg at monochrom.at
> wrote:

> in german we don't translate it... it's still hackerspace.
> i mean, we also don't translate basketball or cursor. and if people do it
> it just sounds silly.
> the benefit of language is its ability to adapt. and if a foreign term
> makes sense you don't need to find a local one...
>
> Sent via Brain-Computer Interface.
>
> On 28.08.2010, at 13:32, Jarkko Moilanen <Jarkko.Moilanen at uta.fi> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The following might sound childish, but respecting own language (as well
> as other languages) is fundamental to some of us, at least for me.
> >
> > I was wondering how people from non-English speaking countries have
> translated the word 'hackerspace'? The issue has been around among Finnish
> hackers for several months and we can't seem to find a solution to this. We
> need to talk about hackerspaces is Finnish to non-hackers and alike and a
> good word is definitely needed. Some Finnish hackers use term 'hacklab' but
> it is not Finnish. Everyone knows that direct translation hardly ever works.
> >
> > How to translate hackerspace to single and similar striking word in other
> languages? Of course we can use longer term or give an explanation, which we
> do, but that is not ideal. I bet others have found solutions to this
> situation. Could you give us some light or direction how to solve this
> issue? Or is it just a question of time; a suitable word will just pop up?
> >
> > Oh! and sorry if I wasted your time (and inbox space) with this
> ridiculous non-technical question ;)
> >
> > cheers,
> > Jarkko
> >
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