Hacker NewsMar 8, 2025
The German language broke my website — https://speedbumpapp.com/en/blog/german-translation/
#HackerNews #GermanLanguage #WebsiteIssues #WebDevelopment #TechHumor #TranslationProblems
The German language broke my website

Did you know that Germans have 18 variations for "speed bump"?

SpeedBump
Titia SchuurmanMar 3, 2025
Seen on Mastodon: an excellent list of mistaken beliefs that create problems for translators even beyond the software localisation industry. Falsehoods about languages
#translation #TranslationProblems
Falsehoods programmers believe about languages

This is what we have to put up with in the software localisation industry.

Steven DeWittFeb 27, 2025
One FR>EN translation dilemma that arises when translating documents for conferences is that the FR text will mention an obscure guest speaker like, say, "Jean Thibault" and then refer to him repeatedly as "Monsieur Thibault" and you have to spend an hour googling to confirm whether he has a Ph.D. because you must refer to him as "Dr. Thibault" in EN if (but only if) he does. #translation #French #English #translationproblems
Show threadFinchHaven infosecNov 10, 2024

@totobe

So

Is @Mastodon / Mastodon dot Social now refusing to translate posts not written in English?

I see no "Translate" option anywhere, and my local instance uses DeepL.com but even that is not offered to me

This is not the first time by any means

Not very "inclusive"

What gives?

(Firefox web browser tab on Ubuntu)

#Mastodon #Translation #TranslationProblems

cc @Gargron

Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeJun 14, 2024
@Shrigglepuss They don't speak English. Their names for their ships reflect their names for their letters. #TranslationProblems