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English is an open source language. It gets extended as needed. Schadenfreude is a word with no equivalent in English, so a big number of English people use s
by brc 12y ago
English is an open source language. It gets extended as needed. Schadenfreude is a word with no equivalent in English, so a big number of English people use schadenfreude as a direct way of expressing the concept.
As long as the language is extensible then I don't see a major problem with translation losses, because they can just get incorporated into the language of the day.
I get that each language has ways of describing certain things better than others, and those superior language features are likely tied directly to the culture that originally created the language. I just think that the cost of maintaining a large amount of languages might. T be worth it.