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> It is really perfectible for French<->Mandarin at least. You might prefer to say "imperfect" instead of "perfectible". While "perfectible" is a, well, perfe
by pimlottc 12y ago
> It is really perfectible for French<->Mandarin at least.
You might prefer to say "imperfect" instead of "perfectible". While "perfectible" is a, well, perfectly good word, it is unusually rare enough that I thought you had meant to say "perfect" and made an error. "imperfect" is much more common and less likely to be misinterpreted. Apologies for the unsolicited criticism but I really was confused by this at first.
- jessedhillon 12y agoYeah, the similar English sentiment would be "it could be better" or "leaves a lot to be desired"
- MarkPNeyer 12y agoit was the perfect word choice to illustrate translation difficulty
- Florin_Andrei 12y agoTrue, but "really perfectible" sounds strange.
- sfeng 12y agoThat's his point
- reacweb 12y agoIt sounds strange in english. Saying "c'est perfectible" in french is correct and usual. It is translated by google translate into "This is perfectible". As usual, google translate is very poor.
- magicalist 12y agoThe irony being the poster above used that exact translation themselves? Translation is difficult, and at least in this case the translation is an accurate one (albeit one many english speakers would need to look up in a dictionary).
- Florin_Andrei 12y agoFunny thing is, English is not my first language. I guess it sounds a bit weird even in my mother tongue.
- beobab 12y agoI've laboured under the misapprehension that it was spelt "perfectable" for my entire life.