Well also English speakers get used to using Latin/Greek vs Germanic roots for a high/low distinction and other languages don'thttps://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/844659254376173569 …
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Like how a "portal" is a door, and therefore languages primarily based on Latin don't have different words for "portal" and "door"
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Or how "artifacts" in fantasy games are special somehow and you know that bc of the word "artifact"
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one of the most striking differences when it comes to language use I've seen btwn Chinese & English is use of idioms
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a Chinese writer would use an idiom to sound scholarly & educated, a translator will try to find an English equivalent...
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