[pinoy420]

So can google translate app or apple’s equivalent

[NetOpWibby]

Hah! But then you get a comment thread like this[1] from people breaking down the etymology of words and why you, as a non-native speaker, should stick to English.

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[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43073231

[pinoy420]

Yes. I detest orientalism and the fetishisation of Japan in software development space. Thinly veiled racism.

[hippari2]

And yet you are saying it's better to google translate than having a fun chat with the local.