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minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 days agoIt’s translated into French it looks like. Did you not notice “Virginia Occidental”?
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoThey translated “west”, but not “new”.
minus-squareMartj9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoIn Italian we said Nuova York until, let’s say, the sixties. Virginia Occidentale is quite uncommon too, I have to say. It’s more common simply West Virginia. People used to translate more than today
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoIt’s Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agomy guess is Italian, in Spanish it would have been “occidental”
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoMaybe so. I checked against Italian and it wasn’t that. Occidentale would be “Western” in Spanish and “West” in French, so tjat tjrew me off. But as others said, no translation of “New”? Is…is the map trolling us?
It’s translated into French it looks like.
Did you not notice “Virginia Occidental”?
They translated “west”, but not “new”.
Right? This map is so weird.
In Italian we said Nuova York until, let’s say, the sixties. Virginia Occidentale is quite uncommon too, I have to say. It’s more common simply West Virginia.
People used to translate more than today
It’s Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.
my guess is Italian, in Spanish it would have been “occidental”
It is italian
Maybe so. I checked against Italian and it wasn’t that. Occidentale would be “Western” in Spanish and “West” in French, so tjat tjrew me off.
But as others said, no translation of “New”?
Is…is the map trolling us?