• ewenak@jlai.lu
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      20 days ago

      As a french, I’m very surprised by this, as when I see a text in French side-by-side with its English translation, the English version is usually shorter. It may be a difference between speech and text, but it’s still surprising.

      I really thought the information density of French was pretty low, compared to English or Breton, for example.

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      19 days ago

      I think i read a study long ago, about the speed of transmiting information being faster in languagues of great empires. Sounds logical to me and matches English, French, Chinese.