• BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip
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      Or are using machine translation. Some translations even get translated from other, non-Japanese versions to English so you even further lose some of the og.

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        I assume that if a native English speaker used machine translation to translate something to English and it sounded unnatural they’d correct it, but who knows.

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          Google translate can often get things extremely wrong without seeming unnatural (this happens more with minor languages)

          For example, a Scottish Gaelic vulgar term that roughly translates as “fuck you” means “you’re welcome” according to Google translate

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      English is not my first language, either …

      Though it’s not like I’m putting in the work to translate anything myself, so IDK if I should complain that much.