Thread:LordLykouleon/@comment-25085701-20181111222948/@comment-32059406-20181113111623

Oh, absolutely, translation can be an absolute nightmare! I tend to type in British English despite being American (Colour, litre, differentiating between practice and practise, etc.) and that's a hard habit to break with the wiki...

The other two languages I'm most fluent in besides English are Japanese and Chinese, and translating idioms and cultural references back and forth can be an absolute nightmare! I'm in a singing group, and I take Japanese lyrics to songs and translate them into singable English while trying to keep the meaning the best that I can... the last one was rife with cultural references that made it horribly difficult. One of the other members has enough of a grasp on culture that I could run things by her, and trying to explain the concept of Buddhist hell as a temporary but still punishing place in a way that English speakers would understand was a challenge. And Chinese idioms are another can of worms altogether.

Language is so interesting! When you talk to engineers, I'm not sure if that makes you an engineer as well? I'm in computer engineering, and after doing technical work all day, it's really nice to have hobbies that involve language, even if it can be frustrating in itself.