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A wife learns her husband is returning after 30 months in Russian captivity. (imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm guessing the word in their language is a cutesy moniker, like pumpkin or peanut in English.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. Sounds odd, though. Now I have a better understanding of translators who insist on being literal vs. translators who are willing to bend the rules slightly in order to clarify what the speaker meant.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I recently have been thinking about this and it makes me wana learn another language. I feel like translation work is really cool. I feel like we sometimes take it for granted

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

A French term of endearment is "my little cabbage"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I prefer to use my lumpy potato