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Fyi, this is from the french. "Alien" is a bad translation. The better word is "stranger". Alien just sounds more scifi, akin to how "alien hand syndrome" is
by sandworm101 4y ago
Fyi, this is from the french. "Alien" is a bad translation. The better word is "stranger". Alien just sounds more scifi, akin to how "alien hand syndrome" is the more scifi translation of le mans etrangers, which is best translated as "stranger's hand".
https://www.webmd.com/brain/what-is-alien-hand-syndrome https://www.webmd.com/brain/what-is-alien-hand-syndrome
- mcabbott 4y agoOr perhaps better "foreigner", legal alien, someone from over the border. The alien derivative is an operation which moves you from one sector to another. A bit like crossing a branch cut.