Or they have been translated literally and stuck, even though there had been a German word for it in the first place. Example: The computational side effect i

Or they have been translated literally and stuck, even though there had been a German word for it in the first place. Example: The computational side effect is translated as Seiteneffekt, which is a word no sane person would use outside that context. It makes you think of an effect that takes place on a sheet of paper ("Seite") or - when you just hear it - some acoustic phenomenon involving strings of a guitar ("Saite"). Other side effects are much rather called Nebenwirkung, Nebeneffekt, Begleiterscheinung, or something like that. You would not think of "side = Seite" here. "On the side" would naturally be "nebenbei" or "nebenher", except when it is literally "on his side" as in team, then "Seite" makes sense. There are multiple other sometimes funny examples. The benefit of this is that you create a more specific term, the downside is that you sound like an idiot to normal people when using them.