Our Language Affects What We See

Re:Our Language Affects What We See by yorwba on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:06AM (#19083687)

The only time you need more than one of the possible meanings at a time is when you want to make a pun. When translating, you'd have to explain both meanings, ruining the fun, but it's not a real barrier to expressing the content.

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Re:Our Language Affects What We See by delian66 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:44AM (#19083990)

Do you think translating poetry (vs technical documentation) is easy?

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Re:Our Language Affects What We See by dorchadas on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:04AM (#19084891)

Poetry is so often cultural, and deals why certain things like rhyme and meter which influences that. It can be translated easily - the hard part is trying to keep all the cultural connotations of a word and the structure of the poem.

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Re:Our Language Affects What We See by kingofhdds on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:18AM (#19084983)

It really depends on one's knowledge/skill/experience in a particular field, so there's no "vs".

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