Usor:UV/MediaWiki l10n/Glossary

This page is intended as a glossary for key terms to aid in translating the user interface messages for the MediaWiki software from English to Latin.

Obvious and currently undisputed terms are not included (e. g. user → usor, not usator).

Please add comments, suggestions etc. on the talk page of this page.

Editing

edit [to a page. Note that "edit" describes the process of changing a page, not a state of a page. For the state, see "revision" below.]

recensio, -onis f. (noun), recenseo, -ere (verb); see talk page

contribution [of a given user]

conlatio, -onis f.

recent changes

nuper mutata n.pl.; see talk page

revert = rollback

revertor, -i; see talk page

undo

abrogo, -are; see talk page

Pages

article, page

pagina, -ae f.

section [of a page, sections are separated by headings and can be edited separately]

sectio, -onis f. pars, -rtis f.; see talk page

revision (sometimes also called "version") [A revision is a state of a page at a given point in time. Every successful edit results in a new revision.]

emendatio, -onis f.; see talk page Usor:Laurentianus suasit: redactio, -onis f.

diff [a comparison between two revisions of the same page. This may be the diff of one edit only or the diff of several consecutive edits.]

dissimilitudo, -inis f. (abbreviatio: diss) Usor:Laurentianus suasit: differentia (abbreviatio: diff)

talk page

disputatum vel disputatio, -onis f.; see talk page

Actually, guys, I might suggest changing it to disputata mea?--Ioshus ^(disp) 02:48, 12 Ianuarii 2007 (UTC)

subcategory

subcategoria, -ae f.; see talk page

Users and Accounts

username

nomen usoris

Hmm, should this perhaps be nomen usuarius or something, to avoid that awkward genitive? --Iustinus 05:59, 12 Ianuarii 2007 (UTC)

IP address

locus IP

This really should be inscriptio IP if you ask me. --Iustinus 05:59, 12 Ianuarii 2007 (UTC)

password

tessera, -ae f.

account [having a registered username]

ratio, -onis f.

create an account [create a new username]

rationem creare Usor:Laurentianus suasit: nomen sibi imponere

session [begins by logging in, ends when logging out again]

conventum, -i n.

login/logout

conventum aperire/conventum concludere; see talk page Usor:Laurentianus suasit: nomen dare/secedere

e-mail

litterae electronicae f.pl., mittere litteras electronicas; see talk page

e-mail address

inscriptio electronica