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But it is quite confusing to use that idiom when the original article is in a language most HNers don't speak. An actual translation from German to English is
by teach 12y ago
But it is quite confusing to use that idiom when the original article is in a language most HNers don't speak.
An actual translation from German to English is what's expected, and would have been a lot more useful.
- raldi 12y agoAnd indeed, I suspect that many of the comment's upvoters did so on the assumption it was a non-editorialized German -> English translation of the article.
- jasode 12y ago>But it is quite confusing to use that idiom when the original article is in a language I agree. I was simply explaining to thebear why Htsthbjig used the word "translation" in a non-language-mapping sense in case he might be unaware of "translate" as a cynical idiom. Apparently, the downvote shows my explanation was not helpful. :-)