• andioop@programming.devEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I still can’t believe antibabypillen is a real German word for exactly what you think it is—birth control pills.

        I wonder if English has any words that people who have it as a second language find hilarious for similar reasons, and if so what they are…

    • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
      7·
      2 days ago

      You could use a translation tool, for something that looks interesting to you. At least Firefox makes this easy, with its builtin translation functionality (without Google as far as I understand, and I think local/offline only, but can be wrong). Firefox is my main way to interact with Lemmy:

      Directly in the addressbar for non native languages:

      Or through menu:

      BTW I just saw the link that describes it: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/website-translation

      Note: Unlike other browsers that rely on cloud services, Firefox keeps your data safe on your device. There’s no privacy risk of sending text to third parties for analysis because translation happens on your device, not externally.

      One more reason to use Firefox.

      Edit: I made an entire post about this subject. There is a bit more to it: https://beehaw.org/post/18172275

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
    3·
    2 days ago

    I looked a few times to find a good and active German community, but most are or was not. Maybe that’s the reason why the clients had a hard time finding those. I will follow them and see how it goes. Thanks for the recommendation.