Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

krypteras tillbaka

English translation:

decrypt

Added to glossary by Helen Johnson
Aug 19, 2009 07:55
14 yrs ago
Swedish term

krypteras tillbaka

Swedish to English Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) encryption
Exactly as written:
All källkod i programmet är krypterad och får inte försöka krypteras tillbaka.
Does krypteras tillbaka mean "decipher" or something else?
TIA
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 decrypt
4 Encryption reverse-engineered

Proposed translations

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decrypt

I interpret it as "decrypt", i.e.,
"to change electronic information or signals that were stored, written or sent in the form of a secret code (= system of letters, numbers or symbols) back into a form that you can understand and use normally"
Peer comment(s):

agree Anna Herbst : http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gc...
23 mins
tack Anna
agree Viachaslau
1 hr
agree Don Spade (X) : This would be my understanding.
6 hrs
agree Nils Andersson : Agree. The original is sloppily written, however. It reads as if the source code has a will of its own, among other problems.
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Encryption reverse-engineered

I denna kontext är "decrypt" visserligen korrekt men man får samma tydlighet i måltexten som i källtexten om man skriver (som jag ser det):

... do not try to reverse-engineer the encrypted source code.
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