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minus-squarerobocalllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days ago This isn’t a heat wave, this is a sweltering heat wave. I used a translation app in case anyone else was struggling with the German
minus-squaredangrousperson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 days agoIts a pun that doesn’t translate well Zu warm = too warm Zuwarmi sounds like tsunami in German => This isn’t a heat wave its a heat tsunami
minus-squareSidyctism II.@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 days agoYour app translates “zuwarmi” as “sweltering heat wave”? Its a pun on tsunami, and not a real word
minus-squarerobocalllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 days agoI guess the app did pretty well given the fake word.
minus-squareSidyctism II.@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoWhats weird is that it neither tried to do a literal translation nor to preserve the pun, when “too-warm-i”, the literal translation, still is at least pun-adjecant
I used a translation app in case anyone else was struggling with the German
Its a pun that doesn’t translate well
Zu warm = too warm
Zuwarmi sounds like tsunami in German
=> This isn’t a heat wave its a heat tsunami
Your app translates “zuwarmi” as “sweltering heat wave”?
Its a pun on tsunami, and not a real word
I guess the app did pretty well given the fake word.
Whats weird is that it neither tried to do a literal translation nor to preserve the pun, when “too-warm-i”, the literal translation, still is at least pun-adjecant
It isn’t just too warm…
It’s TSUWARMI
this is cute