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For everyone debating the meaning of “robota” in Czech I am a native speaker and I can confirm this wiktionary entry is accurate: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/w
by xixixao 6y ago
For everyone debating the meaning of “robota” in Czech I am a native speaker and I can confirm this wiktionary entry is accurate:
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/robota https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/robota
I can also recommend reading the original play R.U.R., it’s quite short (and groundbreaking).
- checkyoursudo 6y agoI read it just a few weeks ago for the first time. It was indeed quite short and entertaining.
- sneak 6y agoMy (english speaker) laptop's hostname is "rabotnik" for just this reason.
- viseztrance 6y agoThe word also exists in Romanian. It's name of the work serfs had make for their lord, more specifically "hard, uninterupted, mandatory work". Unlike other parts, serfs in Eastern Europe were pretty much slaves.
- cafard 6y agoInteresting that it should be in Romanian also. No doubt there degrees of badness, but my impression is that the serf's life was never particularly enjoyable.