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'in' is the same word in German, though I'm not 100% certain either, because my German is basic. "Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch".
by vertis 6y ago
'in' is the same word in German, though I'm not 100% certain either, because my German is basic. "Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch".
- account42 6y agoYes, but localization is not just a matter of finding matching words. In this example, "in dem" (in the) already has a very common abbreviation/colloquialism - "im" - so is a much more natural to use that.
- vertis 6y agoSure, this was less me trying to correctly localize it, since I would never do that with my absolutely rudimentary command of German (I use phrase.com and professional translators for that) and more defending against the person that knew even less German than me and was making like I hadn't considered that side of the ':'. I am familiar with 'im' and 'am', from a translating them back to English (while learning), but lack the ability to know the correct times to use them (as in this case).