Say Goodbye to Language Barriers with TransMonkey

Re:Say Goodbye to Language Barriers with TransMonkey by gregjor on Monday December 09, 2024 @12:39AM (#42363317)

You might want to reconsider the product/company name.

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Re:Say Goodbye to Language Barriers with TransMonkey by zyn1643158 on Monday December 09, 2024 @12:59AM (#42363404)

Why say that

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Re:Say Goodbye to Language Barriers with TransMonkey by coldtea on Monday December 09, 2024 @03:56AM (#42364254)

Trans means "through"/"across"/"beyond" in Latin. And it's also a hugely common in all kinds of products and company names (including those related to transport and translation):

Trans-Am

Transamerica Corporation

Transocean

Transavia

TransLink

and tons of others

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Re:Say Goodbye to Language Barriers with TransMonkey by owenpalmer on Monday December 09, 2024 @06:33AM (#42365199)

"I use TransMonkey to communicate with minorities"

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Re:Say Goodbye to Language Barriers with TransMonkey by gregjor on Monday December 09, 2024 @04:51AM (#42364575)

Because for a lot of English speakers "trans" means "transgender." It doesn't get used as a short version of "translate."

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Re:Say Goodbye to Language Barriers with TransMonkey by SavageBeast on Monday December 09, 2024 @12:58AM (#42363401)

I came here to say exactly that myself.

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