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The words were literally translated? That makes no sense... the meaning of the words is not important.
by tantalor 10y ago
The words were literally translated? That makes no sense... the meaning of the words is not important.
- gonvaled 10y agoIf meaning of words is not important, I say let's default to Euskera.
- DanBC 10y agoWhat's easier for you to remember - ample.estate.racing or хангалттай.хөрөнгийн.уралдааны
- gonvaled 10y agoThe fact that you are even asking that is prove of the level of arrogance that the anglospeaking part of the world has reached.
- maxerickson 10y agoI think you've misunderstood the point being made by GP. (that is, they are arguing that most people will have an easier time remembering words from their native language)
- DanBC 10y agoSorry, you misunderstand me. If you read eg cyrillic you're going to find it very much easier to read and remember cyrillic words. Thus, presenting cyrillic to those people benefits them. That's why translating from English to local languages is a good thing.
- gonvaled 10y agoSorry, I indeed misunderstood you!
- ovis 10y agoIt does if you're a visitor trying to find an address in the local language.
- unwind 10y agoNo, they don't seem to have been literally translated. My Swedish address is not the translation of my English address. Which is kind of interesting in its own right, since you can then refer to the same physical location in different ways depending on which language you use. This calls for some kind of geographic cross-lingual poetry.