How to say "compiler" in Japanese

• 編者へんしゃCommon
  nounThe common word for a person who edits or compiles a publication, such as an edited volume or anthology; this is the usual choice when 'compiler' means a person, not a program.
• コンパイラ
  nounThe katakana loanword for the computing sense: a program that translates source code into machine code. For 'compiler' in software contexts this is the word to use.
• 翻訳ルーチンほんやくルーチン
  nounLiterally 'translation routine', a technical way of describing a compiler as a program that translates code. It is seldom the word you want; コンパイラ is the usual term for the software sense.
• 撰者せんじゃ
  nounA less common word for the person who compiles or selects the contents of a collection; it also covers 'author' and 'editor'. For most purposes 編者 is the safer choice.
• 編纂者へんさんしゃ
  nounA less common word for the person who compiles or edits a work, gathering material into a finished whole; in ordinary contexts 編者 is the word you will usually want.

For the computer-program sense use 「コンパイラ」, with 「翻訳ルーチン」 a rarer alternative; for a person who compiles or edits, 編者 is the common word, while 撰者 and 編纂者 are less common synonyms.

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• 編者へんしゃeditor
• コンパイラcompiler
• 翻訳ルーチンほんやくルーチンcompiler
• 撰者せんじゃauthor
• 編纂者へんさんしゃeditor