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Continuing with the off-topic, the E in ETH is pretty significant if you're going to loosely translate, as it stands for "Swiss federal", which is a big part of
by atq2119 3y ago
Continuing with the off-topic, the E in ETH is pretty significant if you're going to loosely translate, as it stands for "Swiss federal", which is a big part of where those institutions' standing comes from.
- eqvinox 3y agoFunnily enough that part is completely absent in the official French version… it's just "Fédérale" there… and shouldn't any of DE, FR or IT be valid as a "source" for a Swiss to English translation? So if you choose to do FR→EN, it's just "federal polytechnic institute"… (… to be fair, yes, "Fédérale" translates to "eidgenössisch" when the source is known to be Swiss French / fr_CH, but still. Oh the joys of locale details and translating natural language…)