Timeline for Do most languages need more space than English?
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| Apr 6 at 15:59 | comment | added | Stuart F | How is it a gross generalization? "All languages take more space" would be a generalization. If you looked at 10 languages and found that 6 took more space that would be a reasonable evidence-based conclusion. | |
| Apr 6 at 12:10 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 6 at 11:49 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I’m voting to close this question because it is by no means English=specific. Linguistics covers general natural languages. | |
| May 7, 2022 at 20:17 | comment | added | David | English, not english. | |
| May 4, 2022 at 18:48 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 4, 2022 at 18:26 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I’m voting to close this question because it is not solely about the English language. | |
| Jan 17, 2021 at 7:22 | comment | added | KillingTime | I’m voting to close this question because as off-topic because it is not solely about the English language. | |
| Jan 15, 2021 at 17:27 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 15, 2018 at 18:58 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not solely about the English language. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 7:29 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 25, 2014 at 1:29 | comment | added | curiousdannii | In what ways is this on-topic? | |
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| Dec 9, 2013 at 21:33 | answer | added | user40248 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 25, 2012 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/239150231600631808 | ||
| Jul 24, 2012 at 8:09 | comment | added | Hugo | Certainly, as a set text with carefully translated verses, the (Gideon new testament) bible is a good candidate for comparison. But probably not the best: the language of the bible is quite specific so is not fully representative of a language. Comparing aggregate translations of several works be better. | |
| Jul 24, 2012 at 7:58 | comment | added | klypos | The last time I was in a hotel there was a Gideon bible in my room which had the New Testament in three languages, English, French and German in descending order of conciseness. Such texts are probably the best examples for comparisons. | |
| Dec 15, 2011 at 6:26 | history | edited | user11550 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2011 at 1:48 | history | edited | Kit Z. Fox♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 19, 2011 at 8:25 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| May 10, 2011 at 17:02 | history | edited | MrHen |
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| Mar 22, 2011 at 8:56 | comment | added | Stein G. Strindhaug | Point is you have to reserve enough space for a doubling in length when translating a text, and also have to make it look good if the translated text becomes half the length. | |
| Sep 17, 2010 at 20:05 | answer | added | Johan | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 17, 2010 at 18:38 | answer | added | Richard Ishida | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 16, 2010 at 15:08 | answer | added | iamjonny | timeline score: 14 | |
| Sep 16, 2010 at 14:03 | comment | added | JohnFx | This seems off-topic. The site is about English usage, not languages in general. | |
| Sep 16, 2010 at 13:37 | answer | added | liqui.do | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 16, 2010 at 12:38 | answer | added | Erriko | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 16, 2010 at 9:27 | answer | added | dbkk | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 15, 2010 at 9:24 | answer | added | LXj | timeline score: 20 | |
| Sep 15, 2010 at 8:46 | vote | accept | Antony Quinn | ||
| Sep 15, 2010 at 8:33 | answer | added | Ryan Tenney | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 15, 2010 at 8:21 | answer | added | bisko | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 15, 2010 at 8:00 | answer | added | FireAphis | timeline score: 10 | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 18:13 | answer | added | OneProton | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 17:09 | comment | added | ShreevatsaR | @Shinto: It didn't occur to me that the discussion-y aspect may be present only in the title. :-) | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 16:29 | answer | added | RegDwigнt | timeline score: 307 | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 16:02 | comment | added | Billy ONeal | Hmm.. problem here is that it's entirely dependent on the content that's actually being conveyed. Some languages will have short expressions for a given idea, some will have longer ones... | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 14:13 | answer | added | Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 | timeline score: 55 | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 12:27 | history | edited | delete | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 14, 2010 at 11:00 | answer | added | j-g-faustus | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 10:45 | comment | added | delete | I wonder whether this is on topic? I think it's a valid question for this group. | |
| Sep 14, 2010 at 10:19 | history | asked | Antony Quinn | CC BY-SA 2.5 |