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by groestl 780 days ago
True, as a non-native speaker: naming variables in a native language (that's not English) is objectively bad.
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So if you have a concept that doesn't have an equivalent in English you just kinda translate it and add a comment for other people of your language to understand what it is?
Sure. And for a concept that's so foreign there is no English equivalent, I hope there's plenty of documentation. I mean, to each their own, but for me, a software team using native language for variables is a red flag.
You could also transliterate it into the English alphabet. Looks ugly but saves you from having to switch your keyboard layout.