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minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThey translated “west”, but not “new”.
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agotranslation of names can get pretty arbitrary. eg, which “new”-s would you translate among these: new york, new zealand, new hampshire, newfoundland?
minus-squareMartj9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIn Italian we said Nuova York until, let’s say, the sixties. Virginia Occidentale is quite uncommon too, I have to say. It’s more common simply West Virginia. People used to translate more than today
They translated “west”, but not “new”.
translation of names can get pretty arbitrary. eg, which “new”-s would you translate among these: new york, new zealand, new hampshire, newfoundland?
In Italian we said Nuova York until, let’s say, the sixties. Virginia Occidentale is quite uncommon too, I have to say. It’s more common simply West Virginia.
People used to translate more than today
Right? This map is so weird.