At least it’s not the worst one. I’m looking at you french
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EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 8 months agoIf 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
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 8 months ago
sploosh@lemmy.world 8 months 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.
lugal@lemmy.world 8 months ago
English has more auxiliary words so I think in word count, English as more words in a sentence.