• Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
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    12 hours ago

    I always get a kick out of “spielen” getting a little lost in Google translate as touching

    • FishFace@piefed.social
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      6 hours ago

      The original comment is in English. The “übersetzen” link is to translate to German.

      I have never seen “spielen” be translated as “to touch”. On the other hand, colloquial English using “touch” as a whimsical way of saying “interact with” is common among my English-speaking friends.

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      11 hours ago

      Oh that’s a translation thing? I thought it was just a colloquialism, sounds like a good one even