Post #2077394
2026-04-02 13:10 UTC
The #French name is "Journée mondiale de la sensibilisation à l'autisme". According to the dictionary at cnrtl.fr, one of this word's senses is "the act or process of arousing someone's interest or curiosity; the result of this action", so I guess that it's also a reasonable translation of "awareness".
(The English Wiktionary translation of this French word is not great. I'll talk to French friends, and I'll try to improve it.)
https://www.un.org/fr/observances/autism-day
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@aharoni@wikis.world 2026-04-02 13:13
This brings us to Russian, a language I can claim to know the best of all the six official United Nations languages. The Russian translation is seriously horrible. "Awareness" is translated as "spreading information", which is not wrong, but kind of stiff. And why "problem"?! That word is negative and completely unnecessary. Maybe I should engage some Russian autism groups and ask to change it? https://www.un.org/ru/observances/autism-day
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@harmonia_amanda@eldritch.cafe 2026-04-02 13:14
@aharoni @wiktionnaire actually I'm surprised to not see "sensibilisation" as a possible translation of "awareness" on the French wiktionary?