This is what we have to put up with in the software localisation industry.

I can’t believe nobody has done this list yet. I mean, there is one about names, one about time and many others on other topics, but not one about languages yet (except one honorable mention that comes close). So, here’s my attempt to list all the misconceptions and prejudices I’ve come across in the course of my long and illustrious career in software localisation and language technology. Enjoy – and send me your own ones!

  • Björn Lindström@social.sdfeu.org
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    1 month ago

    @Ebber @Bysmuth also relatedly the various Scandinavian have some extra characters (some subset of åäæöø, notably these are considered separate letters, not a/o with diacritics) but sorts them differently from each other, to some extent based on in what order each language added them historically.