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minus-squarerobolemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoI think every language probably sounds silly if transliterated into another language
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoYou’ve clearly never heard of Torpenhow Hill, which translating all to English, means Hill Hill Hill Hill.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoIt’s not a transliteration, it’s a direct translation. Transliteration is the conversion of one script into another and (Modern) English and German use the same script based on Latin. Transliteration would be дружба - druzhba.
minus-squarechronotron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoa language would sound the same when transliterated to another language
I think every language probably sounds silly if transliterated into another language
You’ve clearly never heard of Torpenhow Hill, which translating all to English, means Hill Hill Hill Hill.
It’s not a transliteration, it’s a direct translation. Transliteration is the conversion of one script into another and (Modern) English and German use the same script based on Latin. Transliteration would be дружба - druzhba.
a language would sound the same when transliterated to another language