完成

21:32 Sep 5, 2006 

By the way, the word 確認 is also Japanese and has the same meaning in both the Chinese and Japanese languages. Peter's explanation for the meaning and the use of the term 確認 is quite good. One often finds it in both the Chinese and Japanese context.

21:26 Sep 5, 2006 

You appear to have chosen the right idea. A more primitive wording is not available in the English language to express the concept, however. Expressions such as "finished", "action completed", "complete" would make better glossary entries.

15:06 Sep 5, 2006 

As you may know, all these on-screen instructions were originally written in Japanese, and then were translated into Chinese used in Taiwan, hongkong and southeast Asia.

15:02 Sep 5, 2006 

I am curious that how the most correct Russian was translated, not directly from Chinese?
The 確認 are not chinese characters used in PR China.
They are used in Taiwan, Hongkong or Japan.

14:45 Sep 5, 2006 

so I think '完成' means something like 'click to end'. From the translation into
Russian, it doesn't show that it was 'done', it still was 'to be completed'

14:40 Sep 5, 2006 

確認 (lit. 'verify (and) recognize') means 'to confirm', 'to affirm', 'to acknowledge'; 'confirm some action' may mean the same as 'do you want to do it'.
完成 (lit. 'ending (and) completing') on the other hand reflects 'completion' of an action.

14:26 Sep 5, 2006 

There were two cases in the document:

This Chinese 確認 expression was translated (apparently by Chinese themselves) as 'Confirm' into Eng and as 'Zavershit'' (= 'Do it', meaning the same as 'Confirm') into Russian. And in all other places the Russian text appeared to be most correct, very probably translated directly from Chinese.

This Chinese expression 完成 was translated as 'Complete' into Eng, but as 'Zavershit'' into Russian. That is, the same as above (= 'Do it'. 'Confirm'). Eng 'Complete' obviously can have two meanings 'Done' or an order to computer 'Do it', 'Complete (it)' 'Confirm' (which actually means the same, only the computer asks the user to confirm that s/he (= computer) may do it)

08:43 Sep 5, 2006 

By the way, proper English does distinguish between the command "Complete!" and the adjective "complete", but one cannot always expect proper English from technologically inclined research and manufacturing professionals.

08:37 Sep 5, 2006 

In brief, not everyone uses the same vocabulary to express the same idea in the same context, and you need to clear about the nationality of the producer and the context in which the word is used.

08:34 Sep 5, 2006 

Also, written Chinese is a second language for many speakers of a Chinese language (there are many). East Asia's, Chinese, electronic powerhouse is Taiwan, but electronic products are also produced on the Mainland and to some extent in Hong Kong.

08:28 Sep 5, 2006 

Although the word 完成 is both a Japanese and Chinese word and definitely indicates the completion of a task or operation in both languages, I am inclined to agree with Yuzouren. What evidence do you have that the text was originally written in Chinese?

07:16 Sep 5, 2006 

The chinese used in this case should be 结束 but not 完成.

07:11 Sep 5, 2006 

In my opinion, it is a translation from Japanese.
These two chinese characters are often used in Japanese for display on some electric appliances such as PC, TV , camera and cell phone. It simply means that the setting is finished.