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No you don't, in much the same way that you don't need a translator that "knows JSON or XML". Just don't tell them it's Lisp. That's how you do DSLs.

Also, I advocate closer work between translators and developers. Let the translators give the text and explain corner cases to someone who can code up the logic.

BTW. Lisp is only hard for people who acquired this stupid meme that "Lisp is weird/for crazy people". You'd be hard-pressed to find something which is simpler in terms of syntax and readability.




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