Spanish Translation of Node.js (Part 28) (1225 words)

in #utopian-io6 years ago (edited)

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Hello,
This is my 28th contribution to Node.js. I’m currently translating this project into Spanish, along with an awesome group of translators and moderators from Utopian + Da Vinci, we are doing our best to do everything correctly. If you are interested in open-source projects, I encourage you to keep reading.

Node.js is a very extensive project, it may seem impossible to translate it completely, but the Spanish team is working really and we are slowly making progress. It’s currently at 49% on Crowdin, which is awesome considering the fact that Node.js contains 1,048,272 words.

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. It achieves low latency and high throughput by taking a “non-blocking” approach to serving requests. Basically, Node.js can open, create, read, write, close and delete files on a server, using JavaScript. It also includes tasks that will be executed on certain servers.

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I know it can be a bit confusing at first, so let me explain it to you in simpler words:

Let’s say you want to build a software to keep record of your company’s earnings. A feature where viewing your monthly earnings is updated live can be very useful. In that way, if one of your sales employees is busy, another employee could still be seeing the updates live, without reloading the page.

This has been done before using another technologies. However, Node.js is way faster and better. So, yes it is the best option for developers who want to build real-time applications where both the server and the client can exchange data freely with no restrictions.

Node.js official webpage

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Contribution Specifications

Being such an important project, Node.js is being translated to several languages so it can reach many people around the world. As it for me, I am contributing to the Spanish language.

Translation Overview

During this contribution I finished working on the folder dns.md inside the version 6.

In simple words, the DNS module provides a way of performing name resolutions, which is the linking of identifiers within the programming environment to the actual program components that they represent.

The functions inside this module can be split into two categories:

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Inside this folder I only had a couple of paragraphs left to translate they explained the implementation considerations of the functions: [dns.lookup()][], dns.resolve(), dns.resolve*() and dns.reverse(). Although they have the same goal of associating a network name with a network address (or vice versa), their behavior is quite different. These differences can have subtle but significant consequences on the behavior of Node.js programs.

For example, dns.resolve() and dns.resolve*() do not use libuv's threadpool, while [dns.lookup()][] runs on libuv's threadpool. In case you’re wondering, a threadpool is a software design pattern that reuses previously created threads to execute current tasks and offers a solution to the problem of thread cycle overhead and resource thrashing.

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After I finished with dns.md I started working on a folder called n-api.md.

N-API is an API for building native Addons. It is independent from the underlying JavaScript runtime and is maintained as part of Node.js itself.

In essence, N-API can be used to build NodeJS Addons using C or C++. And the addons built using this would not break across different implementations or versions of NodeJS. It is intended to insulate Addons from changes in the underlying JavaScript engine. Let’s remember that an add-on is a software extension that adds extra features to a program.

APIs exposed by N-API are generally used to create and manipulate JavaScript values. Concepts and operations generally map to ideas specified in the ECMA262 Language Specification.

What does ECMA262 mean?

ECMAScript (European Computer Manufacturers Association Script), is a scripting language based on JavaScript. The same association developed the official standard for ECMAScript, often known as ECMA-262. This standard helps in defining the ECMAScript language and also ensures the consistency between web script implementations.

This API will be Application Binary Interface (ABI) stable across versions of Node.js.

What is the difference between API and ABI?

An API defines the interfaces by which one piece of software communicates with another at the source level. Whereas an API defines a source interface, it defines how an application interacts with itself, how an application interacts with the kernel, and how an application interacts with libraries.

Inside this folder I translated the basic N-API data types: napi_status, napi_extended_error_info, napi_env, napi_value. As well as the N-API memory management types: napi_handle_scope, napi_escapable_handle_scope and napi_ref

These were the sites I used as references: 1, 2, 3, 4

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Other translation samples:

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Spanish:

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Spanish:

Some words and code values were left untranslated on purpose, otherwise, their true meaning would be lost in the translation.


Languages

  • Source Language: English

  • Translated Language: Spanish

I have worked as a translator for the project Da Vinci Polyglot and I am currently working as a language moderator for the Utopian + Da Vinci translation category.

And of course, I am part of the Spanish team!

Word Count

I translated 1225 words on this contribution.

Proof of Authorship

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Greetings, @marugy99. Thanks for submitting your contribution!

  • The presentation and contents of your post are great! It satisfies the requirements for a complete evaluation of your contribution.
  • The translated content fits coherently the general meaning and use of the enlisted strings.
  • You did a precise use of the terminology of the project.
  • Thanks for explaining the contents of the folder you translated and adding several examples of your job.
  • Your description of the way the addressed strings work and their utility was very clear and complete. Thanks for taking your time to document yourself about the project... Excellent post!

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