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volent
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13 years sailing around the world
> useless for anyone who isn’t fluent in every single language on the planet
It's not about languages but about alphabets. Translating names doesn't make sense.
jonathanlb
on Jan 27, 2022
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Aren't some toponyms different from language to language though? What English speakers know as "Japan" is "Nihon" in Japanese.
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It's not about languages but about alphabets. Translating names doesn't make sense.