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for what is worth, VBA has had keyword translations for decades, and I've actually seen people use SE..FINE SE.

Interestingly enough, ALGOL68 already supported localized keywords.

The problem is you need to translate all the core language, not only keywords, e.g. list map(root) fold(plus) -> elenco mappa(radice) ripiega(più).

Supporting localized keywords in a parser would be relatively straightforward and a much smaller job than translating the whole standard library in something intelligible, I believe.



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