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minus-squarefurry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoanother thing is that, sometimes the etymological equivalent even if not a false cognate, may still carry very different semantics and connotations
minus-squareEquinox1289@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYeah, even within the same language too. e.g. Awful vs Awesome and Terrible vs Terrific
minus-squarefurry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoenglish is full of these thanks to double borrowings from french, like warden, guardian
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoYes, exactly. Even true translations can carry different connotations, and that’s part of what makes translation interesting, that even simple sentences can lose some implied meaning in a direct, correct translation.
another thing is that, sometimes the etymological equivalent even if not a false cognate, may still carry very different semantics and connotations
Yeah, even within the same language too. e.g. Awful vs Awesome and Terrible vs Terrific
english is full of these thanks to double borrowings from french, like warden, guardian
Yes, exactly. Even true translations can carry different connotations, and that’s part of what makes translation interesting, that even simple sentences can lose some implied meaning in a direct, correct translation.