Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

a thing

Chinese translation:

独立的存在

Added to glossary by Patrick Cheng
Aug 7, 2021 04:07
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English term

a thing

English to Chinese Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) database
A database is almost never a thing unto itself. Instead, a database is generally the back end or storage layer of an application.
数据库本身几乎从来不是XX。
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Aug 8, 2021 06:32: Patrick Cheng Created KOG entry

Discussion

clearwater (asker) Aug 7, 2021:
我觉得Patrick的“数据库几乎从来不是独立存在的”这番处理蛮到位。
Frank Feng Aug 7, 2021:
“a thing unto itself”,意思理解,没想到特别确切的表述

试译:数据库本身几乎从来都不是目的,而是手段,通常用作其他应用的后台或存储层

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独立的存在

原意似乎是说数据库从来都不是关于自身的,感觉意译更能表达这层意思:
数据库几乎从来都不是独立的存在,通常总是作为应用的后端或者存储层。
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agree Frank Feng
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agree Xuling Wu
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数据库本身几乎是无物

这句话令人费解。

a database is generally the back end or storage layer of an application,当然啦,数据库当然是要 application 去 access, 还要说吗?
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