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minus-squarenightwatch_admin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoWell ventilated, I think? Just the thing for us Europeons!
minus-squarerobocall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago This isn’t a heat wave, this is a sweltering heat wave. I used a translation app in case anyone else was struggling with the German
minus-squaredangrousperson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoIts a pun that doesn’t translate well Zu warm = too warm Zuwarmi sounds like tsunami in German => This isn’t a heat wave its a heat tsunami
minus-squareSidyctism II.@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYour app translates “zuwarmi” as “sweltering heat wave”? Its a pun on tsunami, and not a real word
minus-squarerobocall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI guess the app did pretty well given the fake word.
minus-squareSidyctism II.@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWhats weird is that it neither tried to do a literal translation nor to preserve the pun, when “too-warm-i”, the literal translation, still is at least pun-adjecant
minus-squareParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIt isn’t just too warm… It’s TSUWARMI
Well ventilated, I think? Just the thing for us Europeons!
Genau!
I used a translation app in case anyone else was struggling with the German
Its a pun that doesn’t translate well
Zu warm = too warm
Zuwarmi sounds like tsunami in German
=> This isn’t a heat wave its a heat tsunami
Your app translates “zuwarmi” as “sweltering heat wave”?
Its a pun on tsunami, and not a real word
I guess the app did pretty well given the fake word.
Whats weird is that it neither tried to do a literal translation nor to preserve the pun, when “too-warm-i”, the literal translation, still is at least pun-adjecant
It isn’t just too warm…
It’s TSUWARMI
this is cute