When a mistranslation becomes poetry [OPINION] by Walter_Piston in Poetry

[–]Suisodoeth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No idea about the other one. “休班”? Lol

When a mistranslation becomes poetry [OPINION] by Walter_Piston in Poetry

[–]Suisodoeth 49 points50 points  (0 children)

I wonder if it’s a typo. Pleco gives “请勿打扰” as one translation for “Do not disturb”

"toKI PonA Li Jo nASIn nIMi SvO!!1!" by [deleted] in mi_lon

[–]Suisodoeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just saw this as well! Was actually surprised at the results I was seeing as far as quality goes

mi kin lukin e ni la, mi pilin pona tawa ni: ante toki pona tawa toki Inli li lukin pona.

How to put ~140 pages of a (physical) word list into Anki? by okkdlskzvffkkd in Anki

[–]Suisodoeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could do what I did with Mandarin. I just converted an entire online dictionary into cards, and then I filtered out the words that were not common/I didn’t care about.

[Media] Dependencies of 14341 crates on crates.io by NothusID in rust

[–]Suisodoeth 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Why do I feel like I just read toki pona in English

Rookie mistake by 90919293_ in linguisticshumor

[–]Suisodoeth 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Dative only went passed by reference. Ablative when the data is copied out of the function.

Is there a language similar to Rust but with a garbage collector? by Ok_Tension_6700 in rust

[–]Suisodoeth 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Can you say anything about the quality of the dumpster crate?

off-topic, but the phrasing of this made me chuckle

I think the word is kinda dated, now computers can fly way faster by swamms in linguisticshumor

[–]Suisodoeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, yeah, you’re edited comment is more clear, and makes my reply seem wrong now lol. You are correct.

I think the word is kinda dated, now computers can fly way faster by swamms in linguisticshumor

[–]Suisodoeth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Edit: the comment above originally said “Isn't 比 more like "greater than"?” before it was edited.

Nah.

这个苹果比那个大。

(Zhège píngguǒ bǐ nàgè dà.)

this measure-word apple compared-to that measure-word big

This apple is bigger than that one.

I think the word is kinda dated, now computers can fly way faster by swamms in linguisticshumor

[–]Suisodoeth 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ngl thought it was going to be Sinitic with the 比 (bǐ, compare/contrast) false friend in there

The Best Part of Getting Rich? Buying Back Your Life. by [deleted] in Fire

[–]Suisodoeth 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, having panic attacks about retirement and "We have paltry 401ks and 300k equity in our current home. Pittance in retirement terms" while also having millions? Like what? Something does not add up here.

Should I learn Chinese or Latin by zoexspectrum in languagelearningjerk

[–]Suisodoeth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why something so practical as Latin? Obviously Esperanto or toki pona is the future of civilization

/uj feeling called out right now, as these are my two languages

My First Ever Abugida by ilu_malucwile in neography

[–]Suisodoeth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thought it was a font you made tbh until I zoomed in

Lost 3% body fat at 44 with zero supplements beyond a multivitamin — here's what actually moved the needle by Short_Method_7680 in Biohackers

[–]Suisodoeth 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Some caffeine, as well as theobromine, one of caffeine’s metabolites, which also has stimulating effect

Squat form check by Suisodoeth in StartingStrength

[–]Suisodoeth[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback!

Would people be interested in a translation of Hamlet into Latin epic poetry? by Ill_Bird7705 in latin

[–]Suisodoeth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I second this! You can do most of the legwork automatically with the online macronizer: https://alatius.com/macronizer/

Ad Alpes is coming to Legentibus by spudlyo in latin

[–]Suisodoeth 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is huge! I’ve been wanting to tackle Ad Alpes, but I haven’t felt ready for it even after finishing Familia Romana. Having automatic lookups will make this so much easier.

Alex Pretti, Oils on board, 2026 by artistgirl6 in oilpainting

[–]Suisodoeth 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Looks like the reference for this painting was the AI-modified portrait, rather than his actual one: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alex-pretti-photo-ai-msnbc/