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Unlike Microsoft, IBM translated OS/2 Warp with the help of a broader team of first language speakers. At that time I was a columnist at Hungary's biggest compu
by chx 11y ago
Unlike Microsoft, IBM translated OS/2 Warp with the help of a broader team of first language speakers. At that time I was a columnist at Hungary's biggest computer monthly and I was helping the Hungarian translation team. We tried to (pun intended) not to warp the language too badly. It is very very interesting to participate in changing the language directly. I still remember the debates in '95-'97 and the horrible word concoctions for the translation of "website" to Hungarian...