Comment on Do non-English speakers learn to code in English, or in their native language?

• sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In a nutshell, words that look the same / similar but with different meanings in their respective languages, making it pretty confusing.

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  • treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Like homonyms or something different?

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    • Lemmert@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      False friends usually aren’t homonyms since the word comes from different languages.

      To give an example: an English speaker might look at “rare auto” (Dutch) and might translate it to “rare car”. But “rare” means “weird” in Dutch. So rare is a false friend in this case

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