Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

UUID List

Chinese translation:

通用唯一识别码(Universally Unique Identifier,缩写:UUID)列表

Added to glossary by Xuling Wu
Nov 29, 2021 22:53
2 yrs ago
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English term

UUID List

English to Chinese Marketing Internet, e-Commerce
A universally unique identifier (UUID) is a 128-bit label used for information in computer systems. When generated according to the standard methods, UUIDs are, for practical purposes, unique. Their uniqueness does not depend on a central registration authority or coordination between the parties generating them, unlike most other numbering schemes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier)...

This term is used by an e-commerce site. My question is should I spell out UUID in my Chinese translation as "通用唯一标识符(UUID)清单“? Or should I leave UUID in English, untranslated? Which practice is considered standard or professional now? Back in the days when I was in college, we were taught that as a professional translator, you should translate acronyms into Chinese and put the original English term in bracets after your translation. But recently I have found that the rules seem to have changed!

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通用唯一识别码(Universally Unique Identifier,缩写:UUID)列表

中文 Wikipedia 翻译成 “通用唯一识别码”。
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/通用唯一识别码

百度百科翻译成 “通用唯一标识符”。
https://baike.baidu.com/item/通用唯一标识符/20818210


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Note added at 3 hrs (2021-11-30 02:45:36 GMT)
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I would spell out UUID and put it in brackets.
Note from asker:
Thank you for bringing my attention to the other translation. Actually I think "通用唯一识别码" is a better translation.
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通用唯一标识符(UUID)清单

I think you should translate acronyms into Chinese and put the original English term in brackets.
Note from asker:
Thank you!
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