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Learning a new language is always tough.

"heads a big step"???

"selling tickets in any way"???

"create a Germany wide web portal"

"there was created a tool"

"aiming this goal"

"a good measuring"

PS: I don't think this is relevant to HN.



Hi alain,

thanks for your help. I will look to find better phrases, to replace these.

@your PS: Yes and No. I thought maybe for a week about adding this question here. In the end I decided to do it, because:

- it is about what I hack - As reviewing code sharpens your coding skills, so might reviewing foreigners English texts to sharpen your mother tounge skills. Thus, it might be to value for you. - For sure, it helps me. - It is the way of the student (and all hackers should be students their whole life). Maybe I can never give back to you, what you help me here. But I help foreigners here in Germany since 3 years to translate texts and understand my language. Viewing it from this point, I don't feel too selfish, asking here for your help.

I hope, this reasoning makes sense.


I feel your pain. I'm French (my wife is German) and I have been living in Silicon Valley for 10 years now. I am aware of language barriers.




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