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* Etymology of derivation
@ 2020-11-01 19:27 Arun Isaac
  2020-11-01 19:49 ` Vagrant Cascadian
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From: Arun Isaac @ 2020-11-01 19:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi Guix,

I am translating Guix to the Tamil language. Tamil doesn't yet have a
very standardized technical vocabulary, and I mostly coin terms on my
own. Most often, I construct calques of existing English words, and it
sounds alright. But, I'm having trouble with the word "derivation" (as
in Guix's low-level build actions). I haven't seen the word "derivation"
used anywhere outside of Guix. Why is a "low-level build action" called
a "derivation"? If someone could clarify the etymology, it might really
help with good translation.

Thanks!

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2020-11-01 19:27 Etymology of derivation Arun Isaac
2020-11-01 19:49 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2020-11-02  5:07 ` Taylan Kammer
2020-11-02  7:48   ` Aniket Patil
2020-11-02 14:37     ` Arun Isaac
2020-11-02 15:43       ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-11-02 16:19         ` Pjotr Prins
2020-11-02 19:19           ` Arun Isaac
2020-11-03 13:43       ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-11-03 14:43         ` Arun Isaac
2020-11-03 14:53         ` Timothy Sample
2020-11-04  7:50           ` Arun Isaac
2020-11-04 10:17 ` zimoun

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