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[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 21 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I'm guessing the word in their language is a cutesy moniker, like pumpkin or peanut in English.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. Sounds odd, though. Now I have a better understanding of translators who insist on being literal vs. translators who are willing to bend the rules slightly in order to clarify what the speaker meant.

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I recently have been thinking about this and it makes me wana learn another language. I feel like translation work is really cool. I feel like we sometimes take it for granted

[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

A French term of endearment is "my little cabbage"

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I prefer to use my lumpy potato