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Sentence #463420

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 nami nami December 3, 2010 December 3, 2010 at 11:06:02 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Russian language has two different words for two different meanings of english “free”: “свободный” is “free as in freedom”, “бесплатный” is “free as in beer”. So I guess this sentence does not need russian translation.

alvren alvren March 8, 2011 March 8, 2011 at 9:06:27 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Same for Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and almost any other language I can think of... apparently English is one of the few languages that doesn't have different words for free as in freedom and free as in free beer. Ironically enough, this sentence has spread quickly in the internet due to the establishment of free software and all the philosophy and copyright licenses that came with it. In English :p

shekitten shekitten July 14, 2023, edited July 14, 2023 July 14, 2023 at 12:48:14 PM UTC, edited July 14, 2023 at 1:19:58 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Translation note: The purpose of the analogies here is to solve an ambiguity in English. In languages where that ambiguity does not exist, there is IMO no need to translate the similes. So in Yiddish I said "fray, nisht nor umzist" (libre, not just gratis), leaving the analogies out.

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Free as in freedom, not as in free beer.

added by tOkeshu, August 15, 2010
➜ #474077Libre comme liberté, pas comme les toilettes.

linked by sacredceltic, August 21, 2010
➜ #788418Frei wie Freiheit, nicht frei wie Freibier.

linked by BraveSentry, March 11, 2011
➜ #474077Libre comme liberté, pas comme les toilettes.

unlinked by Guybrush88, September 23, 2011
➜ #11929986ʺFreeʺ niin kuin sanassa ʺfreedomʺ, ei niin kuin ilmaisessa oluessa.

linked by Johannes_S, July 14, 2023
➜ #11930074פֿרײַ, נישט נאָר אומזיסט.

linked by shekitten, July 14, 2023
➜ #11930077פֿרײַ, נישט נאָר בחינם.

linked by shekitten, July 14, 2023
➜ #11930079Libera, ne nur senpaga.

linked by shekitten, July 14, 2023
➜ #11930232Libre, no sola sin custa.

linked by shekitten, July 14, 2023
➜ #11930234Libere, non solmente gratuite.

linked by shekitten, July 14, 2023
➜ #11930240Libre, no sólo gratis.

linked by shekitten, July 14, 2023