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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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