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There are two cases in Polish where inaccurate translations in Windows have changed the Polish language. Font has been translated as "czcionka", which in Polis
by pornel 3y ago
There are two cases in Polish where inaccurate translations in Windows have changed the Polish language.
Font has been translated as "czcionka", which in Polish originally meant sort (a metal block for a single letter).
Cancel has been translated as "anuluj" (to revoke, abolish).
This happened at the time when computers have exploded in popularity in Poland, and the terms have been assimilated along with all other computer jargon. Later attempts to correct the translations ("krój pisma", "poniechaj") have failed due to sounding like a pedantic deviation from an already established terminology. So Polish message boxes have [OK] and [Abolish] buttons.