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Slightly OT: The linked Techcrunch article has a header image (https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GettyImages-985008060.jpg?w=1390&crop=1 https:
by ktpsns 7y ago
Slightly OT: The linked Techcrunch article has a header image (https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GettyImages-985008060.jpg?w=1390&crop=1 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GettyImage...) which exploits the ambiguity in the English word "terminal". This was probaly funny for the writer, but is almost never a good idea, since the image makes no more sense as soon as you switch languages.
Here is an even more weird example for non-native speakers: Having a piece of wood as an icon for a log reader. "Log" in english also means a piece of wood. This vocabulary is probably largely unknown by most non-native-level speakers, so the icon creates only confusion. [Make a google image search for "log icon" to see examples w/o context]
- supercasio 7y ago> This was probaly funny for the writer, but is almost never a good idea, since the image makes no more sense as soon as you switch languages He is writing in English why should he be preoccupied if it does not make sense in other languages. There are many English expressions that have no exact translations. Should writers avoid using these expressions too? Also, as a curiosity, terminal has the same ambiguity in Brazilian Portuguese