[Translation][Spanish] Node.js (1046 words) (Part 25)

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Repository

https://github.com/nodejs/i18n

Project Details

Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript run-time environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a browser... Node.js allows the creation of Web servers and networking tools using JavaScript and a collection of "modules" that handle various core functionality... Node.js represents a "JavaScript everywhere" paradigm, unifying web application development around a single programming language, rather than different languages for server side and client side scripts. | Source

In simple words, this project brings value to the open source community because it facilitates the creation of all sort of applications using JavaScript, and provides a lot of help and versatility to developers, so much so that well-known companies like Netflix, Paypal and Uber (among many others) use Node for their online services.

Since Node.js is very easy to learn and it provides a lot of benefits for developers, there is a huge community of people involved with it, which is one of the reasons why this project is available to be translated into several languages (in crowdin, one of the best translation platforms in the web, this project is available to be translated into 33 different languages, Spanish being the one corresponding to this contribution), the ultimate goal in translating Node.js is to make it easier for developers from any country to start learning about this project in their own native language.

If you want to know more about Node.js feel free to visit its website.

Contribution Specifications

• Translation Overview

This is my #25 contribution to Node.js, as of now, the Spanish translation of this project is 23% completed, and the folder named CHANGELOG_V6.md, which is the one I am currently translating, is 40% completed. In this particular contribution, there were a lot of strings indicating that certain aspects and elements of Node.js should have an increased performance in V6. In general, this folder contains all of the changes corresponding to V6, these changes are written in a very concise way because they are formatted as pull-requests commits. The strings were very similar to those of previous contributions, however, there were a few with a new set of instructions that I haven’t seen so far, indicating that several “misleading messages” should be fixed, in a similar way, there was also a new technical term "Application binary interface (ABI)" in this string, and further below I will share my explanation about this term. As it is always the case with this type of strings, at the end there is always the name of the person who proposed that particular change.

Since these strings are meant to be read for developers and other technical people, it is common to see a lot of abbreviations and technical words being used, the abbreviations require certain understanding about the context, and the technical terms are sometimes left untranslated to preserve their meaning.

Below there are a few examples of the original text and the translated text:

English

remove unnecessary parameter for assertCrypto()

Spanish

remover parámetro innecesario para assertCrypto()

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English

improve parse() performance

Spanish

mejorar rendimiento de parse()

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English

clarify information about ABI version

Spanish

clarificar información sobre la versión ABI

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When working on this contribution I was able to learn the following concepts:

Application binary interface (ABI): when researching about this concept, I found 2 places comparing it to an API for easier understanding. Basically, an ABI allows for 2 different modules to work together, by providing a unifying interface for them. Unlike APIs, which are written in high-level languages (similar to normal human languages), ABIs are written in low-level languages, which are much more difficult to understand (similar to binary).

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In the previous contributions, I included the definition of these terms: deprecation, I/O - input/output, callback, asynchrony, POSIX, parsing, path, wildcard, wrapper function, stack trace, floating point value, error-first callbacks, transpilation tool, root certificate, little-endian, DNS rebinding, same-origin-policy, keep-alive behavior, stringification, arrow function, salt (cryptography), semver, lint, fixtures modules, newline, backporting, shell command, ES6 Classes , code refactoring, segfault, tarball, benchmark, type-check, deflate, char, aix, spawn, rehash, noop, rebasing, continuous integration, linkify, segfaults, IPC, libuv, toolchain, punycode, symlink, base64, and interprocess communication (IPC).

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• Languages

Source language: English

Translated language: Spanish

I have made several contributions in the past, and I published a series of articles in both languages. I am also part of the Utopian + DaVinci Spanish team.

• Word Count

Part 25: 1046

Total: 27162 words

Proof of Authorship

My activity on Crowdin