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Translator @ TRADCOSpeaking of translation fails, did you see this one: “Bâtir Maisons Canada” Slogans are one of the most difficult things to translate, imho. A three-word slogan can take just as much time to translate as a full page, if not more. Cultural context, space and host of other variables are only some of the challenges translators face. However, this was just so far off the mark that I’m left wondering how such a big team let something like this go to print?! <a href="https://c.im/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/french" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#french</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cndpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cndpoli</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a><a href="https://www.985fm.ca/audio/689008/batir-maisons-canada-une-autre-erreur-inexcusable-de-mark-carney" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.985fm.ca/audio/689008/batir-maisons-canada-une-autre-erreur-inexcusable-de-mark-carney</a>

Nick's world 🌎 👨‍🦯Random post, but I'm curious. What is your favorite swear word in any language besides English? I'm curious. In Spanish, I've heard the word puta so many times, that I might have found creative ways people have used it in sentences. You'd be surprised really, and yet, I find it interesting. <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a>, <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Swearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swearing</a>, <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fun</a>

MousetailYou may have heard of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/APL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#APL</a>, an powerful but very dense array <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/programing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a>. Current <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LLMs</a> have trouble with it.After many months of training, announcing my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> powered auto-coder, generating solutions indistinguishable from ones written by a human: <a href="https://mousetail.github.io/golf-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mousetail.github.io/golf-ai/</a>. Currently, it supports APL as well as two other popular array languages: Vyxal, and Uiua. More will follow.

Vzvzvz!The sound of "falling strike" in Croatian! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onomatopoeia</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maps</a>

Ancestry RoadsI've been participating in Amy Johnson Crow's <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genealogy</a> <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/52ancestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#52ancestors</a> <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blog</a> Challenge for 2025.This week is about <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a>. And, my biggest issue with language is explaining that <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Appalachians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Appalachians</a> are not poorly educated or lazy due to the way they speak and their <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialect</a>.Check out the blog & <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#video</a> for some common sayings.<a href="https://ancestryroads.blogspot.com/2025/04/52-ancestors-week-14-language.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ancestryroads.blogspot.com/2025/04/52-ancestors-week-14-language.html</a><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Appalachia</a> <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FamilyHistory</a>

Hello, world!Hello from Italy! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelloWorld</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Italy</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Hebrew by InbalIt’s modern, it’s expressive… and it technically works . . . . . . And it's also April Fool’s Day! 😅(But for real — if you do want to learn the actual aleph-bet, I can help 😃)<a href="https://babka.social/tags/aprilfools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aprilfools</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/aprilfoolsday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aprilfoolsday</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hebrew</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fun</a>

Court Cantrell will not comply<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIL</a> that the word "transmogrify" has been around since the 1600s. And here I always thought Bill Watterson invented it just for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CalvinAndHobbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CalvinAndHobbes</a>. 😆<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transmogrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transmogrification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EtymologyNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EtymologyNerd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EtymologyForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EtymologyForever</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Vzvzvz!The sound of "heart beating" in Hungarian! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onomatopoeia</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maps</a>

The Pronounator They/Them 🦄In <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Dutch</a> we call a serious traffic accident "een ongeluk": an unhappiness. Or: verkeersongeluk: traffic unhappiness. Perhaps that's a proper perspective on that reality.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#language</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#languages</a>

BerndNow there's a word I haven't heard in a long time. Or ever. "semiquincentennial".Having learned Latin in school I could figure it out, though. Can you?<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#latin</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/semiquincentennial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#semiquincentennial</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a>

The Vulgar TongueANGLING FOR FARTHINGS. Begging out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)-- <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictionaries</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slang</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

Butterflies - Animal Rights<a href="https://veganism.social/tags/SpeciestLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpeciestLanguage</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/speciesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speciesism</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/AnimalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimalRights</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animals</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/veganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#veganism</a>

Hebrew by Inbal“How do you feel?”Learning a new language isn’t just about words; it’s about expressing yourself with confidence! With my Hebrew courses, you won’t just learn phrases—you’ll feel Hebrew as you speak it. Ready to take the leap? Let’s do this together!<a href="https://babka.social/tags/HebrewByInbal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HebrewByInbal</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LearnHebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LearnHebrew</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Feelings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feelings</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/HowDoYouFeel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowDoYouFeel</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a>

Hello, world!Hello from Uganda! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HelloWorld</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/Uganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uganda</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

The Language GarageGet on the road to a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a>! $55/hr private, under $20/hr small group, great teachers, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#free</a> resources. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ESL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#French</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#German</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Italian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Italian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japanese</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Korean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Korean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Portuguese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Portuguese</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spanish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Swahili" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swahili</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languages</a> <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thelanguagegarage.com/</a>

Ben Deutsch 🌊“Rhythm is our universal mother tongue. It's the <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> of the soul” <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/GabrielleRoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GabrielleRoth</a> <a href="https://ravenation.club/tags/5Rhythms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#5Rhythms</a>

Vzvzvz!The sound of "baby crying" in English! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#onomatopoeia</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maps</a>

reverse colexicographic Nora> sina o pali e nimi sin. sina o pana e nimi mute tawa mi. > nimi o kama sama pi soweli lili. mi wile e ni: nimi li kama mute a.A blog post about coming up with new words. <a href="https://nora.codes/post/nimi-sin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nora.codes/post/nimi-sin/</a><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/tokipona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tokipona</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/toki_pona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toki_pona</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/nimisin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nimisin</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/aprilcoolsclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aprilcoolsclub</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/acc2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acc2025</a>

The Language GarageHow well do you know your basic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> fruit vocabulary? The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> Garage will get you on the road to better English. Fun & Affordable <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lessons</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Free</a> learning content. <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/choose-your-language/english/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thelanguagegarage.com/choose-your-language/english/</a>

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