@ bluecode:
If we were talking about programming
in general, I might have reluctantly agreed, but this is about OS development. If you can't read and write English in this field, you're busted right from the start, period.
There is no "smooth start" to OS development. An unfortunately large number of newcomers ignore this, but it's a fact. Either you're up to it, or you are simply wasting everybody's time. If you want a cozy native-language environment, stick to user-space applications, they can be difficult enough.
As for the other stuff, I have stopped reading books or watching movies that have been translated from English a couple of years ago. Not only is it good for your language skills, many things are actually much better in the original. Movies like "Major League" or "Starship Troopers" have been outright mutilated, and stuff like Tolkien, Shakespeare or Pratchet simply
has to be read in original.
os64dev wrote:
@bluecode
And indeed the translation of the movies in Germany is really awful. Terminator 'Ich komme wieder' does not have the same impact as 'I'll be back'.
Generally speaking, I agree. But I beg to make two exceptions: The German voice of Bruce Willis is actually better than the original, and Darth Vader in German is
awesome. (I know two Swedes who'll kill me for this, but I really think so.)