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I need help translating some VIC related concepts into Italian, German, and French. Can any native speakers help me with more natural or universal terms? Here's what I have so far...

BASIC (like BASIC language)
COMANDI
BEFEHLE
COMMANDES

CHARACTERS (like onscreen characters)
CARATERRI
ZEICHENVORRATS
PERSONNAGES

SCREEN MAP
MAPPA DELLO SCHERMO
BILDSCHIRMPLAN
CARTE D'ÉCRAN

GRAPHICS (like user defined graphics)
GRAFICA
GRAFIK
GRAPHIQUE

MEMORY MAP
MAPPA DELLA MEMORIA
SPEICHERKARTE
CARTE MÉMOIRE

SOUND
SUONO
SONDEREFFEKTE
DU SON

LABELS (this is for the memory monikers)
ETICHETTE DI MEMORIA
ERINNERUNGSETIKETTEN
ÉTIQUETTES DE MÉMOIRE

ASSEMBLY
LINGUAGGIO MACCHINA
MASCHINENSPRACHE
LANGUAGE DE MACHINE

HARDWARE
HARDWARE
HARDWARE
MATÉRIEL

CONTROLLERS
TITOLARI
SPIELECONTROLLER
CONTRÔLEURS

VICMON (would this even be translated for different monitors?)

STORAGE
CONSERVAZIONE
DATEN ABSPEICHERN
STOCKAGE

ERRORS
MESSAGGI DI ERRORE
FEHLERMELDUNGEN
LES ERREURS

INDEX
INDICE ALFABETICO
STICHWORTVERZEICHNIS
INDICE

german:

BASIC (like BASIC language) - this is called BASIC, its a name
CHARACTERS - Zeichen or Zeichensatz
SCREEN MAP - Bildschirmspeicher
MEMORY MAP - I'd not translate this. "Speicherbelegung" would be OK
SOUND - Geräusche perhaps. Depends on Context
LABELS - Sprungmarken
ASSEMBLY - I'd not translate this either ("Assembler"). Also "Assembly" and "Machine Language" aren't the same thing "Maschinensprache"
STORAGE - Massenspeicher (as in "Mass Storage")

others look ok

Italian:

BASIC (like BASIC language) - this is called BASIC, its a name

ASSEMBLY - I'd not translate this either ("Assembler"). Also "Assembly" and "Machine Language" aren't the same thing "machine language"="linguaggio macchina"

CONTROLLERS (like micro CONTROLLERs) is "CONTROLLORI"(singular:"CONTROLLORE"), it can be used for memory bank controllers but for CPU the right will be... "CPU" or "MICROPROCESSORE"/"PROCESSORE" (plural:"MICROPROCESSORI"/"PROCESSORI")
"Commodore vic20 use a 6502 as uP but it use a 6560/6561 audio/video chip as sistem controller"
"Commodore vic20 usa come processore un 6502 ma usa come controllore di sistema il circuito integrato audio/video 6560/6561"
[(circuito integrato): the term "chip" can also be used in Italian]

STORAGE it depends on the meaning of the sentence, in Italian there are several different translations with differences in meaning

ERRORS= "ERRORI" (singular ERROR="ERRORE") ,
["messaggio di errore"="ERROR MESSAGE"]

INDEX="INDICE"
INDICE ALFABETICO="ALPHABETICAL INDEX"

ask to Orion70 for better translation...

French:

BASIC --> BASIC

CHARACTERS --> caractères

SCREEN MAP --> mémoire écran

GRAPHICS --> graphiques

MEMORY MAP --> mémoire de l'ordinateur

SOUND --> son

LABELS --> labels

ASSEMBLY --> LANGAGE MACHINE

HARDWARE --> MATÉRIEL

CONTROLLERS --> CONTRÔLEURS

VICMON --> VICMON

STORAGE --> STOCKAGE

ERRORS --> ERREURS

INDEX --> INDICE

Thanks, everyone! This is very helpful. The context is a book table of contents... I should clarify.

groepaz wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:03 am BASIC (like BASIC language) - this is called BASIC, its a name

This section is a list of BASIC commands. Might that change your answer?

MCes wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:46 am CONTROLLERS (like micro CONTROLLERs) is "CONTROLLORI"(singular:"CONTROLLORE"), it can be used for memory bank controllers but for CPU the right will be...

I mean Joystick, Paddles, Peripherals...

MCes wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:46 am STORAGE it depends on the meaning of the sentence, in Italian there are several different translations with differences in meaning

I mean disk drive, tape...

Also, would there by any other synonyms for Machine Language Monitor?

list of BASIC commands -> Liste der BASIC Befehle
Machine Language Monitor -> Maschinensprache-Monitor

Jeff-20 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 7:11 pm Also, would there by any other synonyms for Machine Language Monitor?

french:

Moniteur de langage machine

In italian:
BASIC (like BASIC language)
COMANDI

CHARACTERS (like onscreen characters)
CARATTERI

SCREEN MAP
MAPPA DELLO SCHERMO

GRAPHICS (like user defined graphics)
GRAFICA

MEMORY MAP
MAPPA DELLA MEMORIA

SOUND
SUONO


LABELS (this is for the memory monikers)
ETICHETTE DI MEMORIA

ASSEMBLY
LINGUAGGIO MACCHINA

HARDWARE
HARDWARE

CONTROLLERS
Controllori / Controlli

VICMON (would this even be translated for different monitors?)
like in english VICMON

STORAGE
is better in english = STORAGE

ERRORS
MESSAGGI DI ERRORE

INDEX
INDICE

Bye Marco

What would you call this is your respective languages...? I don't even know for sure what to call it in English. "Values"? "Value Chart"? (excuse the errors)

Jeff-20 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:41 am What would you call this is your respective languages...? I don't even know for sure what to call it in English. "Values"? "Value Chart"? (excuse the errors)

Hi, in italian: "Tavola dei valori PETSCII" ...i think is possible.

Bye

What would you call this is your respective languages

It's a bit hard to find a single word for it, since there is so much unrelated info put together in the table *shrug*

groepaz wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:36 pm

What would you call this is your respective languages

It's a bit hard to find a single word for it, since there is so much unrelated info put together in the table *shrug*

Usefullness aside, would "WERTDIAGRAMM" be acceptable to you?

A "Diagram" is usually something graphical... This is a table ("Tabelle"). If it would only include the characters, then "Zeichentabelle" would be fitting. But i really dont know how to properly describe this one, its an interesting mashup of information

groepaz wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 1:38 am A "Diagram" is usually something graphical... This is a table ("Tabelle"). If it would only include the characters, then "Zeichentabelle" would be fitting. But i really dont know how to properly describe this one, its an interesting mashup of information

Ah, good observation! This is a difficult one for me, but I really appreciate your help! "Wertetabelle"?

That would be technically correct ("Table of Values" - i guess every table that contains values qualifies as such)