Yiddish Mailing List, Issue #9 July 4, 1989 187 lines ============================== Computer terminology glossary (Yugntruf) Mottel der operator (David Sherman) Correction to translation of "The Rabbi" (Simone Sherman) [bamerkung: shik epes, az ikh zol hobn vus aroistsushikn in nekstn numer!] ------------------------ Digest-Message: 09/1 From: dave@lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman) Subject: Computer terminology Date: Tue Jun 20 12:06:03 EDT 1989 The April 1988 issue of Yugntruf magazine includes a glossary of Yiddish terms for computer terminlology. The Yiddish side is geshribn oif yidish; the transliterations below are mine. Vi azoi zugt men "Usenet newsgroup" oif yidish? output - dos oisvarg switch - der oisShlisser to save [a document] - oifhitn [a dokument] bit - dos eynsl byte - dos akhtele printer [machine] - dos opdruker dot matrix printer - pintl-opdruker impact printer - klap-opdruker laser printer - lahzer-opdruker space bar - der opruker / der shpeitzer desktop publishing program - di aroisgeb-program / di zeitl-program printout - der aroisdruk to delete - aroismekn input - dos areinvarg to key in / to input - areinton icon - dos bildl data - gegebene / datn database - di datn-bazeh disk - der disk hard disk - der harter disk floppy disk / diskette - der beigevdisk / dos diskl disk-drive - der disk-layener to word-process - vortiern word-processor program - der vortierer word-processor person - der vortiernik word processing - dos vortiererei memory - der zikoron [spelled as in Hebrew] memory board - der zikoron-tovl memory card - dos zikoron-kvitl cursor - der loifer to keypunch - lekhlen [a "lokh" is a hole, right? :-)] keypunch card - dos lekhl-kvitl daisy wheel - dos margaredl [! "margaritkelekh" are daisies] mouse - dos meizl mouse pad - der moizveg personal computer - der mikrokompyuter return key - der [nayer] shureh-klavish screen - der ekran to bomb - platzn program - di program to download a program - ariberfirn a program to load a program - areinshteln a program to update a program - derheintikn a program program update - di derheintikte program to program - programirn programmer - der programirer software - dos programvarg compatible - tsugepast IBM compatible - "ei-bi-em"-tsugepast to format a disk - tsugraitn dem disk reset key - dos tsum-onhoib-knepl desktop publishing - dos compyuter-aroisgeberei computer science - dos compyuterei computer supply store - di compyuter-krom key - der klavish keyboard - di klaviatur backspace - der krikruker / krikklavish personal computer - der shtub-compyuter surge protector - der shtrom-regulirer font - der shrift font pack - dos shriftpekl font editor program - shrift-shaf-program directory - der toykhn-optail (In case you were wondering, they're in alphabetical order in the original Yiddish, except for subheadings, e.g., the 3 items after "disk".) How would you translate "to search for text by computer"? grepn. :-) ------------------------ Digest-Message: 09/2 From: dave@lsuc.on.ca (David Sherman) Subject: Mottel der operator (song) Date: Tue Jul 4 21:18:24 EDT 1989 I've never seen the words to this song written down, but I have it on a couple of live tapes made at Klezkamp. The song was written by Zion Tauber and was apparently very popular. It is obviously set in New York City in the early 1900's. The tune is a rather haunting melody in the typical klezmer minor key. Mottl der operator In shop dort shtendik nait er Alle yurn geit er dort in shop Er dreit di katerinker Un shvitst bei der mashinke Oi, Mottl is a voiler yunger man Mottl hot veib un kinder tsvai Shver un bitter arbet er far zai Nor vos Mottl arbet shver Fardient der boss alles mehr Un Mottl bleibt der zelber yunger man Vos zhe vil der Mottl Der operator Mottl Er vil dokh nit kein reikhkeit oder gelt Er vil far veib un kinder broyt Un a mol a shukh, a klaid Mottl vil kein sakh nit fun der velt A strike hot oisgebrokhn Shoyn gantse tsvelf vokhn Un Mottl is a guter union man Mottl dem operator Az men shikt im gait er Un mit alle in der picket line In shtub zein veib un kinder tsvei Un a shtikl broyt hot er far zei Tut Mottl vai dos harts Alles kukt im ois tsum shvarts Er dreit zikh lebn shop mit a sign Oy, vos zhe vil der Mottl Der operator Mottl Er vil dokh nit kein reikhkeit oder gelt Er vil far veib un kinder broyt Un a mol a shukh, a klaid Mottl vil kein sakh nit fun der velt In picket line shtait Mottl A gengster mit a bottl Farfallen hot im dort in mittn gas Mitn flash hot er gehalten Hot er Mottls kop tseshpalten In zein aign blut vert Mottl nas Gevorn is a tuml a geschrei Gebrakht im tsu der veib un kinder tsvai Zai vainen, gisn trern Nor Mottl ken nit hern Mottl hot geendikt shoyn zein job. [slowly] Vos hot gevolt der Motl Der operator Mottl Hot nit gevolt kein reikhkeit oder gelt Gevolt far veib un kinder broyt Itst shoyn likt Mottl toyt Mottl hot geendikt shoin zein job. ------------------------ Digest-Message: 09/3 From: simone@lsuc.on.ca (Simone Sherman) Subject: Re: "The Rabbi" song, WITH TRANSLATION (digest message 08/2) Date: Wed Jun 21 12:59:47 1989 > Besser red nisht vus m'darf nisht Better speak not when you don't have to > Un gei nit vi m'tur nit And go not where you mustn't Better speak not when you don't have to -- should be Better not say what you shouldn't (i.e reference to loshen hora?) [Ah, right. Ikh hob falsh ibergezetst. A sheinem dank, mein teier veib.] ------------------------ END OF ISSUE #9 ------------------------ David Sherman, Toronto Moderator, mail.yiddish { uunet!attcan {AT&T Sites}!att pyramid!utai utzoo } !lsuc!dave dave@lsuc.on.ca attcan!lsuc!dave@uunet.uu.net