• @EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works
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    31 year ago

    If you compare german non-compund words with their english translation the german words tend to do be a bit longer on average. I think the same also goes for the word-count in german sentences

    • @lugal@lemmy.world
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      31 year ago

      English has more auxiliary words so I think in word count, English as more words in a sentence.

    • Hjalmar
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      21 year ago

      At least it’s not the worst one. I’m looking at you french

      • @sploosh@lemmy.world
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        21 year ago

        Spanish, too. Translating things that you lay out, like flyers or handouts, from English to Spanish is a massive pain because you need to rearrange for all the additional text.