# Non-native English speakers and the use of language assistance

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-native-english-speakers-and-the-use-of-language-assistance/137194>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** question, policy\
**Created:** [May 19, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-native-english-speakers-and-the-use-of-language-assistance/137194 "2026-05-19T15:14:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-native-english-speakers-and-the-use-of-language-assistance/137194/45 "2026-05-21T14:13:24Z")

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Thanks for the apology. I do think it’s very telling that your one sentence that describes that post was more helpful in getting us to understand eachother than the paragraphs of expansion (AI or not). Your written English, even sans AI edits, really is quite good!

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**Author:** ![kellertuer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kellertuer/32/220707_2.png) [@kellertuer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kellertuer)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-native-english-speakers-and-the-use-of-language-assistance/137194/47 "2026-05-21T14:36:15Z")

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On the original topic: As a native German speaker (greetings to Kiel from someone coming from Lübeck!) I do not mind someone with “not-the-best english” as long as one can understand what is said. But I especially prefer bad or a bit rough English to (longish) AI slop.  
Sure bad English can lead to misunderstandings, that should not keep us from being welcoming.

I also agree with Matt that your English Guido is well-understandable (I did not read the long GitHub issue though, since there was an AI warning here already).

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**Author:** ![sob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sob](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sob)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/non-native-english-speakers-and-the-use-of-language-assistance/137194/48 "2026-05-21T16:19:32Z")

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> [@kellertuer](#):
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> On the original topic: As a native German speaker (greetings to Kiel from someone coming from Lübeck!) I do not mind someone with “not-the-best english” as long as one can understand what is said. But I especially prefer bad or a bit rough English to (longish) AI slop.  
> Sure bad English can lead to misunderstandings, that should not keep us from being welcoming.

As a non-native English speaker, I agree with this. A complex open source project with international developers like the Linux kernel is a perfect example of things having worked well without AI. I would rather deal with someone’s imperfect English than AI generated stuff. (And I say that as someone who uses AI code plugins constantly in various (non vibe coding) manners).

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