I know that germans are very good at substituting english words for german
versions.
Oh yeah, germany is a land full of "consultants" (there are no more
"Berater" anymore) ;-)
I am going to enlist for course ES20 in either Düsseldorf or München and was
wondering about the choice of language for computer terms.
Do the germans use the german or the english version for mainframe-related
computer terms?
Well, I guess this is a question like "how is CICS pronounced".....
The funny thing is, we germans are really good at using english words,
but also pronouncing the abbreviation in german ;-)
In the big companies there are a lof of "DBAs" (pronounced german), but
of course these persons are all "database administrators" (pronounced
english). ;-)
To come back to your question: I **guess** you don't have to care about
that. Some prefer german, some prefere english. But both are well known.
The thing is, if you use "computer" or "rechner" - doesn't matter. But
for example, if someone is talking about "speicher", I personally think
of RAM, not ot HD-Space. But it clearifies in the context.
Bye,
Michael
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