Let’s learn [technical-ish] Chinese vocabulary together, brought to you by my recent Asiatrip and the Chinese parallel internet universe! Technical Chinese is something completely lacking from undergrad Chinese classes at MIT.
创客空间 = makerspace
发自我的 iPhone = Sent from my iPhone
工程 = engineering
机械 = mechanical (a field of study, +工程 to form mechanical engineering)
计算机科学 = computer science (field of study)
软件/软体 = software (a field of study, +工程 to form software engineering)
电子元器件 = electrical component(s)
取消 = to cancel (a meeting, a web form, etc.)
评论 = to comment, comment (on a post, etc.)
退而求其次 = to settle for second best / the next best thing
行不通 = won’t work / won’t get (you) anywhere
电压 = voltage
I learn Chinese using a mix of MDBG and Google Translate. Please suggest better tools if you know of any!
MDBG is definitely one of the greater tools out there. It has translations for famous names, and *even*, my personal favorite, translations of the houses in Harry Potter and words like “Muggle” and “Hogwarts”. 🙂