Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
computer
Croatian translation:
kompjutor
Feb 22, 2003 19:44
23 yrs ago
English term
Beulah Sherwood
computer
My mothers family is croatian, she has not returned to croatia since 1979 and is interested in communicating with them by computer but doesn't know the croatian word for computer since they were not available when she left there.
Proposed translations
(Croatian)
| 5 +8 | računalo |
Ivan Ljubej
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| 5 | kompjutor |
Srecko
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| 4 -1 | poč?tač |
Uldis Liepkalns
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| 4 -3 | computer = ra"cunar, kompjuter |
Sergey Strakhov
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Proposed translations
+8
2 hrs
Ivan Ljubej
Native in Croatian
Croatian experienced translator
Native in: Croatian 
Works in: English to Croatian, English to Serbo-Croat, English to Bosnian
Related KudoZ points
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računalo
This is the only strictly Croatian term for computer, but very often is used "kompjuter" (based on english word as obvious)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for your translation, I may finally be able to communicate with my family in Croatia by computer:)"
-1
18 mins
Uldis Liepkalns
Latvia
Latvia
Latvia
Native in: Latvian
Works in: English to Latvian, English to Lithuanian, English to Estonian, and 10 more.
poč?tač
Or in Croatian, as you mention it: računalo, kompjuter, kompjutor, kompjuterski
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Note added at 2003-02-22 20:04:36 (GMT)
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\"Pochitach\"- as there\'s some trouble displaying the correct encoding
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Will Matter
4 hrs
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| neutral |
alz
: never heard for "pochitach"
14 hrs
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| disagree |
Aleksandra Mandrapa
: As far as I know, "pochitach" (počitač) is Czech, tak se ika po česki, e jo?
1 day 7 hrs
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| disagree |
dkalinic
: That sure isn't Croatian. Croatian is either "računalo" or "kompjutor".
1 day 18 hrs
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-3
22 mins
Sergey Strakhov
Reliability and Experience
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, English to Ukrainian, and 5 more.
computer = ra"cunar, kompjuter
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Ivan Ljubej
: računar is a Serbian word for a computer
1 hr
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Thank you, Ivan! The online dictionary is guilty, not me :-)). Is this correct?: computer > računalo
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| disagree |
Karen Ordanic
: Ivan is right
3 hrs
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OK, Karen!
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| disagree |
dkalinic
: Croatian is either "računalo" or "kompjutor".
1 day 18 hrs
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Thanks, Davor!
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2618 days
kompjutor
Tri su riječi koje se koriste u hrvatskom jeziku za označavanje uređaja za sutomazsku obradu podataka (eng. computer): 1. kompjuter (najčešće), 2. računalo (često) i 3. kompjutor (najmanje). 1. kompjuter: ne bi trebalo koristiti jer nije ni originalna engleska riječ, a niti u duhu hrvatskog jezika (zbog nastavka -er). 2. računalo - potječe iz davnih, prvih dana prevođenja, preporučeno iz akademskih krugova; to je doslovni prijevod, ali ne odgovara stvarnom opisu, jer riječ računalo najbolje opisuje uređaj za računanje koje nazivamo digitron ili kalkulator. 3. Kompjutor je u duhu hrvatskog jezika (rotor, operator, manipulator, konstruktor...) i sadrži puni opisni značaj kao i sama eng. riječ; izvedenice: kompjutorski, kompjutorizirani.
Example sentence:
Za razliku od ručnog upravljanja, kompjutorizirani je sustav brz i točan. Nezamislivo je da neka tvrtka može biti uspješna, a da nema kompjutorsku obradu i analizu podata.
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