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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

While technically correct, when it comes to translating slang things become more art than science.

The goal is to evoke the same feeling and imagery.

Like how I changed "Honestly" to "Literally". Both are English but over here we don't use "Honestly" like that so the word "Literally" was a better choice.

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

But literally literally means figuratively these days