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Is it rude to reply using English under posts in a language you can’t speak? (self.fediverse)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by fdrc_lm to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I often reply under Japanese posts, and I always assume users will use a translator as I do, but maybe in the context of a Japanese instance or conversation this may look rude?

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[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

Everybody learns the Latin alphabet and English in school (used to be Jr high but pushed back to elementary recently). Proficiency levels are low, especially in speaking and listening, and shyness/fear of mistakes are factors. However, reading can be pretty decent. Of course, people very good at English also exist.

Could also be that many use machine translation, at least for the output side.