wiki:i18n/tok/Terminology

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Joined lists for better legibility

List of common translations and figures of speech

Important: Most of these are suggestions that work in most contexts. In situations where you need more or less precision, obviously use what fits best. For example, if you need to tell apart an icon and a full image, you might want to use "sitelen lukin lili" and "sitelen lukin suli" to clear up the difference; while most of the time, "sitelen lukin" or even "sitelen" gets the point across.

A
Application ilo (pali) >> More specific applications like "game" for example are translated as "ilo <mod>" e.g. "ilo musi" = "game"
Archive poki awen
Association see With
Automatic ... la (tenpo) jan ala
B
Browser ilo (pi kepeken) linluwi
C
Change ante
Choose see Select
Computer ilo sona/pali
D
Data ijo
Delete weka
Desktop poki Desktop
Directory see Folder
Disk poki suli
Document see File
E
Error pakala
F
File lipu
Folder poki
G
H
Hide weka lukin (Do not just use "weka" as that might be confused with deletion)
I
Icon sitelen lukin (lili)
Image sitelen lukin
Include kan
Internet see Network
J
K
Kind see Type
L
Link (as in link to another file) lipu kan lipu ante
Link (as in hyperlink) toki kan lipu ante
Logo see Icon
M
Modify see Change
Mount lon
Move tawa
N
Network linluwi
New sin/namako
No ala
O
OK pona
Okay see OK
Online see Network
Open (with) open/lukin (kan) or kepeken lon
P
Plain pona >> Exception: "plain text" is not "toki pona" to avoid confusion. Use "toki pi pona" or "ijo taso" instead.
Q
R
Raw see Plain
Read-only lukin/oko taso
Rectangle leko
Remove see Delete if permanent, see Hide if temporary
Regular Expression/RegEx ijo/nasin/toki RegEx
Replace ante tawa
S
Save (to) awen (tawa)
Search alasa
Select wile
Show lukin/oko or weka ala (the latter only if it was previously hidden)
Size nanpa suli
Sort (nasin) pona
System ilo (suli)
T
Trash poki jaki
Type nasin
U
V
Value (as in valuable) mani
Value (as in a variable) ijo insa or nanpa
Volume (as in storage) poki suli
W
Window lupa
With kan
Write (to) see Save (to)
X
Y
Yes lon or pona (depending on context; is the action good or merely confirmed?)
Z
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