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You can’t translate word by word. You need entire phrases, sometimes pretty long ones, to understand the meaning.
by ein0p 2y ago
You can’t translate word by word. You need entire phrases, sometimes pretty long ones, to understand the meaning.
- woleium 2y agosometimes, but in a constrained situation, e.g. at a hotel reception desk, maybe not.
- nmstoker 2y agoSo what would you do if translating from a language that puts the main verb at the end of a sentence, into a language that doesn't... Feels like there will be plenty of cases you can't just get around.
- ein0p 2y agoNot to mention that sometimes you need more than one sentence to get the full meaning