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It looks like something was lost in the middle of your comment. You open with something about it be objectively bad, but then it jumps to something about how it is subjectively bad. What was omitted?

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How is "i cant name variables in my native language" subjective?

I don't really think the sarcastic tone was called for, but the previous poster is right. "I can't name variables in my native language" is objective, but whether or not that's bad is subjective.

Very true but “bad” is always subjective so at least they came up with an evaluation that is binary — either you have capitalization in your language or you don’t, either the analogy fits or it doesn’t.

(Some linguist will point out that Bongo-Bongo has half-capitalization, or half has capitalization).

True, as a non-native speaker: naming variables in a native language (that's not English) is objectively bad.

So if you have a concept that doesn't have an equivalent in English you just kinda translate it and add a comment for other people of your language to understand what it is?

Sure. And for a concept that's so foreign there is no English equivalent, I hope there's plenty of documentation. I mean, to each their own, but for me, a software team using native language for variables is a red flag.

You could also transliterate it into the English alphabet. Looks ugly but saves you from having to switch your keyboard layout.

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