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Re: Ask HN: What are software bugs called in other languages?

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Chinese: 程序错误 (程序=program, 错误=error) is used for the generic sort of software bug. If the bug is a security hole, then it's instead called 漏洞 (leak). Though sometimes the English word "bug" is used, see for example https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E9%94%99%E8... which uses a mix of the two terms. Sometimes it's mistakenly capitalized as BUG, see for example https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%BD%AF%E4%BB%B6BUG/12618010 (this phenomenon in Chinese of capitalizing some English words that aren't actually acronyms happens with some other words too, like APP instead of app/application, etc).

Re: Ask HN: What are software bugs called in other languages?

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In Danish I would use the word “fejl”, which translates to mistake/error/glitch.

In Faroese it is “lús” (lice) which refers to a “villa” (mistake) or “brek” (defect) in software, according to the dictionary. I would personally refer to a bug as “villa” or “feilur” which is the same as the Danish word “fejl”.

To debug is to “kemba” (comb), and debugger “kembari” (comber, if that is a word, someone who combs).

Re: Ask HN: What are software bugs called in other languages?

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post #14

Chinese: 程序错误 (程序=program, 错误=error) is used for the generic sort of software bug. If the bug is a security hole, then it's instead called 漏洞 (leak). Though sometimes the English word "bug" is used, see for example https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E9%94%99%E8... which uses a mix of the two terms. Sometimes it's mistakenly capitalized as BUG, see for example https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%BD%AF%E4%BB…

Can we have some Pīnyīn, please?

Re: Ask HN: What are software bugs called in other languages?

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In Japanese it's バグ ("bagu"), "a fault or defect in a computer program". A funny slang term is バグる ("baguru") - it's an artificially constructed verb that means "to behave buggily", often used to describe when a game or software glitches.

i recently learned their word for a video going viral which is the verb バズる ("bazuru" aka buzz)

Re: Ask HN: What are software bugs called in other languages?

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post #14

Chinese: 程序错误 (程序=program, 错误=error) is used for the generic sort of software bug. If the bug is a security hole, then it's instead called 漏洞 (leak). Though sometimes the English word "bug" is used, see for example https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E5%BA%8F%E9%94%99%E8... which uses a mix of the two terms. Sometimes it's mistakenly capitalized as BUG, see for example https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%BD%AF%E4%BB…

Can we have some Pīnyīn, please?

程序错误=cheng2 xu4 cuo4 wu4 漏洞=lou4 dong4
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