🆕 blog! “Should HTML's code blocks be translated?”

I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or Hebrew will show you any weird little layout glitches which might occur.

But mechanical translation is a bit of an unthinking brute. In this example, I had a…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
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#code #HTML #languages

🆕 blog! “Should HTML's code blocks be translated?”

I was recently prompted to test my blog's layout when rendered in right-to-left text. Running a website through an automatic translator into a language like Arabic or Hebrew will show you any weird little layout glitches which might occur.

But mechanical translation is a bit of an unthinking brute. In this example, I had a…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/should-htmls-blocks-be-translated/
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#code #HTML #languages

Question about kanji. Are these universal? I mean do they mean the same thing in Chinese and Japanese? #languages

♻️ A Revolution Devours Its Children | Die wunderbare Welt von Isotopp

｢ GPLv3 includes provisions that, in simplified terms, state: “If you use patents to sue users of any GPLv3-licensed software, then your right to use any GPLv3 software is terminated.” This clause is effective, and it has led to, among other things, Apple avoiding any form of GPLv3-licensed software in its products and progressively replacing any GPL software ｣

https://blog.koehntopp.info/2023/11/11/a-revolution-devours-its-children.html

#opensource #gpl #languages

History Culture Projects: *The Ancient Languages Hidden Inside Palestinian Arabic*

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TES4v964k30

"This video explores how Canaanite, Aramaic, and Hebrew linguistic layers survived within Palestinian Arabic through agriculture, place-names, tools, and daily life. From ancient toponyms to rural vocabulary preserved by farmers, masons, and olive growers; the Palestinian language is a living archive of the land. A multi-layered record of 5,000 years stretching all the way back to Bronze Age Canaan.

Sources and Further Reading: [see video page]"

#Palestine #Palestinians #languages #Levant #Arabic #history

History Culture Projects: *The Ancient Languages Hidden Inside Palestinian Arabic*

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TES4v964k30

"This video explores how Canaanite, Aramaic, and Hebrew linguistic layers survived within Palestinian Arabic through agriculture, place-names, tools, and daily life. From ancient toponyms to rural vocabulary preserved by farmers, masons, and olive growers; the Palestinian language is a living archive of the land. A multi-layered record of 5,000 years stretching all the way back to Bronze Age Canaan.

Sources and Further Reading: [see video page]"

#Palestine #Palestinians #languages #Levant #Arabic #history

Please if you’re teaching a language, translate as little as possible. Whn it’s time to share about false cognates, don’t start with the meaning we might assume (what it DOESN’T mean). Tell us what it means. Right off the bat. Provide the word or phrase in context - with visuals if possible.

So far, an Internet search hasn’t contradicted my advice, but I’m curious and open to hearing from experienced teachers. Do you address these things differently?

#education #español #languages #Spanish

I was trying to find a good example of the word ‘sangha’ in Bangla. Then it came to me, the Bangla word for the United Nations (UN) is Jāti Sangha (জাতিসংঘ) #languages

C Is Best

https://sqlite.org/whyc.html

#HackerNews #C #Is #Best #programming #languages #coding #HackerNews #SQLite

Brilliant, I just discovered that Mastodon's #translation feature automatically translates the alt text, too.

This feature opens up a whole new world for me. I can follow people whose language I wouldn't otherwise be able to decipher. A place where machine translations are helpful.

#machineTranslation #languages #connection #Mastodon #altText

The Polyglot NixOS

https://x86.lol/generic/2025/12/19/polyglot.html

#HackerNews #Polyglot #NixOS #NixOS #Community #Programming #Languages #DevOps

Dafny: Verification-Aware Programming Language

https://dafny.org/

#HackerNews #Dafny #Verification-Aware #Programming #Language #Programming #Languages #Code #Verification #Software #Development

Compiler Engineering in Practice

https://chisophugis.github.io/2025/12/08/compiler-engineering-in-practice-part-1-what-is-a-compiler.html

#HackerNews #CompilerEngineering #CompilerDesign #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming #Languages #TechInsights

RE: https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/@bikepunk/115696721009079601

WAIT!

how exactly do y’all pronouce axolotl in English?

i don't even bother with the correct pronunciation in nahuatl. i just know them as GUAJOLOTES (if you know El Chapulín Colorado or Cantiflas, you know) and that's what i call them.

EDIT:
in spanish, that X is pronounced as a castillian jota (J). it’s equivalent is the english H. but, technically, that X is more of a SH sound in nahuatl. there’s really no hard X (xk) sound in Spanish.

#Mexico #languages #español #spanish

AI may help preserve endangered languages, but without community input, indigenous and regional dialects risk disappearing from the digital world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/09/world/ai-wont-save-dying-languages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #chatgpt #llms #ai #languages #openai

Linguists start compiling the first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic.

More than 1 000 words used as far back as 325BCE will be collected for insight into a past linguistic landscape.

The vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2 000 years ago are being collected.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251208-linguists-start-compiling-the-first-ever-complete-dictionary-of-ancient-celtic?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Celtic #Languages #Archaeology #Wales #Scotland #Ireland #UK #History #Science

Java Hello World, LLVM Edition

https://www.javaadvent.com/2025/12/java-hello-world-llvm-edition.html

#HackerNews #Java #Hello #World #LLVM #Edition #Java #LLVM #Programming #Languages #Tech #News

Nimony (Nim 3.0) Design Principles

https://nim-lang.org/araq/nimony.html

#HackerNews #Nimony #Nim3 #DesignPrinciples #Programming #Languages #NimLang

Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig

https://sinclairtarget.com/blog/2025/08/thoughts-on-go-vs.-rust-vs.-zig/

#HackerNews #Go #Rust #Zig #Programming #Languages #Comparison