This is what we have to put up with in the software localisation industry.

I can’t believe nobody has done this list yet. I mean, there is one about names, one about time and many others on other topics, but not one about languages yet (except one honorable mention that comes close). So, here’s my attempt to list all the misconceptions and prejudices I’ve come across in the course of my long and illustrious career in software localisation and language technology. Enjoy – and send me your own ones!

  • @halfapageEnglish
    8•9 hours ago

    It’s infuriating when an app or a site throws a shitty translation of itself in my native language at me. Most of the time they must not even check it’s quality, it’s notorious. Just let me use English by default.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•9 hours ago

      Now there you have one more pet peeve of mine, language preference settings that pretend that all language versions are equal, that shitty translations aren’t abundant. If the original text is in a language that I can read then I want the original, not some shitty translation. It shouldn’t be that hard!