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'Liking' Something

de NJ Esperantist, 2 de julio de 2013

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Idioma: English

Fenris_kcf (Mostrar perfil) 11 de julio de 2013 20:19:41

Chainy:It would be interesting to see how 'Like' is translated into other languages. Doesn't German use "Gefaellt mir" (= Plaĉas al mi)?
You're right. I was just aluding to a common problem for translators of software, which is released in English: Often it's not clear which form the author of the software meant, so that the ambiguity in English leads to inappropriate translations.

Chainy (Mostrar perfil) 11 de julio de 2013 21:23:27

Just been looking at the translations of 'Like' in Facebook. Here are direct translations into Esperanto:

Russian = Nravitsja = Plaĉas
Slovak = Páči sa mi to = Plaĉas al mi tio
French = J’aime = Mi ŝatas
Polish = Lubię to! = Mi ŝatas tion!

Fenris_kcf (Mostrar perfil) 11 de julio de 2013 21:29:44

Maybe we should be happy that no translation ended up in "kiel" ridulo.gif

yyaann (Mostrar perfil) 12 de julio de 2013 11:15:06

Fenris_kcf:

Wouldn't it be -u, not -i? When I'm using Firefox in Esperanto, it will occasionally give a choice (like accept or decline) and they'll be in the infinitive form. Is this correct?
Guess no one can tell since the software is released in English and deciding whether a verb is in infinitive, imperative or present (not 3rd person singular) is quite hard impossible in English with no further context provided.
True. But you do see some customary interpretations which I guess are used consistently in a given language. For example in French, "verb" menu items in a program are usually (always?) considered to be in the infinitive. Save -> Sauvegarder, Cancel -> Annuler, Search -> Rechercher , etc. Maybe because I'm used to this, translations in the imperative would feel quite odd. It would give me a "hi, I'm the weirdo who talks to his computer, got a problem with that?" kind of vibe! Like "save, computer, save! You be a good boy and do it!" lango.gif

darkweasel (Mostrar perfil) 15 de julio de 2013 12:17:22

Chainy:Just been looking at the translations of 'Like' in Facebook. Here are direct translations into Esperanto:

Russian = Nravitsja = Plaĉas
Slovak = Páči sa mi to = Plaĉas al mi tio
French = J’aime = Mi ŝatas
Polish = Lubię to! = Mi ŝatas tion!
German = Gefällt mir = Plaĉas al mi

... but German-language Facebook users borrowed a strange verb from English, they say liken for "clicking the like button". Perhaps lajki would work in Esperanto too? Oh well, no, forget that ...

Fenris_kcf (Mostrar perfil) 15 de julio de 2013 12:38:16

If they would at least speak it the common Germanic way as [liːkən] it would be less painful, but speaking it the English way is really disgusting.

darkweasel (Mostrar perfil) 15 de julio de 2013 20:14:31

Fenris_kcf:[liːkən] it would be less painful
Nooo ... that would sound even more ridiculous for anybody who speaks a bit of English.

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