documenting

Chinese translation: 详细了解

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English term or phrase:	documenting
Chinese translation:	详细了解
Entered by:	clearwater

11:57 Feb 19, 2008

English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / DKIM

English term or phrase: documenting

Vergara says the hardest part about deploying DKIM was {documenting} PayPal's e-mail infrastructure to determine all the systems and domains that send e-mail to customers.
"There's no one postmaster at eBay or PayPal. It took a lot of time to figure out all the e-mails we were sending -- transactional e-mails, marketing e-mails, customer support e-mails -- and where they were coming from around the world," Vergara says. "Getting our hands around that took us 12 months. Rolling out e-mail appliances and upgrading them to DKIM took a couple of weeks."
单单是“记录”的意思吗？
注：DKIM是对付电子邮件欺诈的一种有效工具。

clearwater KudoZ activity Questions: 12459 (5 open) (1 without valid answers) (1079 closed without grading) Answers: 1671 China
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通过详细记录来了解

Explanation:
Since the subject of "documenting" is "PayPal's e-mail infrastructure", 记录 alone is not adequate. It doesn't make sense to "记录"电邮架构. I think "documenting" is more like "figuring out XXX through detailed record taking" here. So perhaps it is appropriate to say "通过详细记录来了解"

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rushidao
Local time: 01:43

Grading comment

谢谢！
从后面的figure out 来看，应当是“了解”或“弄清楚”之类的意思。
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5 +1

文件化

Danbing HE

5 +1

據實構建

Angus Woo

通过详细记录来了解

rushidao

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51 mins confidence:

通过详细记录来了解

rushidao
Local time: 01:43
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Chinese
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Grading comment

谢谢！
从后面的figure out 来看，应当是“了解”或“弄清楚”之类的意思。

13 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

文件化

Explanation:
创建文件

Danbing HE
Local time: 01:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 103

53 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

據實構建

Explanation:
"documenting the infrastructure" means to provide real, factual data to support the construction of such an infrastructure.

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

3 a: to provide with factual or substantial support for statements made or a hypothesis proposed; especially : to equip with exact references to authoritative supporting information

Angus Woo
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