Linguistic Fingerprints Part 3

Verschlimmbessern

What a gem! A word that makes my translator’s heart smile. Because it is a concept we have to take care with whilst proofreading: trying to capture the essence of the word in English is quite an amusing challenge: it’s a blend of making things worse whilst attempting to improve them. ‍

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A bit of a linguistic wink at human folly.

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