Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login"

Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by diego_sandoval on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:21PM (#40493218)

The Spanish words are very similar to the English ones:

- Autorización : Authorization

- Autenticación : Authentication

- Autoridad : Authority

- Auténtico : Authentic

I would guess that in other romance languages, they are also similar to the English version.

"Log In", on the other hand, only makes sense in English. If you tell someone "Estoy registrando adentro" they will be dumbfounded.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by Muromec on Monday May 27, 2024 @05:53PM (#40495115)

Language families other than romance and germanic exist.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by bigstrat2003 on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @12:01AM (#40497203)

And programmers who work in those languages are more than welcome to use terms that make sense to them! There is zero reason to change terms that are perfectly clear to English speaking programmers simply because not everyone speaks English (or languages where English got its words from).

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by anthk on Monday May 27, 2024 @07:22PM (#40495744)

"Estoy registrándome dentro" (I'm signing myself up) it's totally fine. The problem lies on that the phrase looks like you are signing up first, and not logging in to a previous account. In Spanish you would just say 'enter in your account'.

[ Parent | on HN ]