Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
упаковщик
English translation:
packer/compressor
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Deborah Kolosova
Jan 5, 2011 05:52
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упаковщик
Russian to English
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I'm proofreading a translation of help files for anti-virus software. The word упаковщик is used several times, and the translator translated it "compressed file", but I'm pretty sure the word shouldn't mean a compressed file, but rather something that is used to compress files. What is the most appropriate English term for this? Here is an example of how it is used in the text:
Чтобы скрыть опасные программы от обнаружения антивирусом, злоумышленники упаковывают их с помощью специальных упаковщиков или многократно упаковывают один объект.
Чтобы скрыть опасные программы от обнаружения антивирусом, злоумышленники упаковывают их с помощью специальных упаковщиков или многократно упаковывают один объект.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | packer/compressor |
Roman Karabaev
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| 4 +2 | (file) compression software / file archiver |
Mikhail Kropotov
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| 4 | Scrambler |
Kiwiland Bear
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| 3 -1 | archiver |
Olga D.
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Proposed translations
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13 mins
Roman Karabaev
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Works in field
Russian Federation
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
packer/compressor
Please, see the link.
Peer comment(s):
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Valery Lyutov
: Сам немного опоздал :)
4 mins
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Спасибо! Бывает :)
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Fernsucht
: packer/wrapper http://www.woodmann.com/crackz/Packers.htm
5 mins
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Спасибо!
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| agree |
erika rubinstein
5 hrs
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Спасибо!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I wasn't sure "packer" was a valid computer term, but the links you and Fernsucht provided reassured me that it was. Thanks!"
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2 mins
archiver
or archive program
Peer comment(s):
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Kiwiland Bear
: No, it's not archiving at all. The virus remains very much active. There is no index, search or restore facility. In short, no archiving functionality but a lot of other kind.
49 mins
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3 mins
Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Germany
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Germany
US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
Related KudoZ points
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88
(file) compression software / file archiver
Come to CNET Download.com for free and safe File Compression downloads and reviews including WinRAR (32-bit), WinRAR (64-bit), WinZip and much more.
http://download.cnet.com/windows/file-compression/
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio
www.7-zip.org/
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Note added at 29 mins (2011-01-05 06:21:06 GMT)
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No, they're NOT the same thing.
"A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file..."
"Unlike integrated archival and compression tools like PKZIP, WinZip, and WinRAR, the Unix tools ar, tar, cpio (for "archiver", "tape archiver" and "copy in/out" respectively) *****act as archivers but not compressors.*****"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_archiver
http://download.cnet.com/windows/file-compression/
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio
www.7-zip.org/
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Note added at 29 mins (2011-01-05 06:21:06 GMT)
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No, they're NOT the same thing.
"A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file..."
"Unlike integrated archival and compression tools like PKZIP, WinZip, and WinRAR, the Unix tools ar, tar, cpio (for "archiver", "tape archiver" and "copy in/out" respectively) *****act as archivers but not compressors.*****"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_archiver
49 mins
Kiwiland Bear
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
New Zealand
Translation with excellence
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Scrambler
I believe that's what they mean here.
The reason is that they don't really want to pack their virus or warm to reduce its size or to store/archive it in a more efficient way. What they are doing it for is to cover its tracks, make it hard to detect. For instance, such scramblers often re-arrange parts of the code so that it no longer matches known signatures. This can actually increase the result size.
In fact, "упаковщик" in Russian doesn't necessarily mean that the result is smaller, just that it's packed nicely. With enough packing materials used, resulting package also can very well be larger than the original size.
The reason is that they don't really want to pack their virus or warm to reduce its size or to store/archive it in a more efficient way. What they are doing it for is to cover its tracks, make it hard to detect. For instance, such scramblers often re-arrange parts of the code so that it no longer matches known signatures. This can actually increase the result size.
In fact, "упаковщик" in Russian doesn't necessarily mean that the result is smaller, just that it's packed nicely. With enough packing materials used, resulting package also can very well be larger than the original size.
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