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As a native Chinese speaker, I just want to point out that this paragraph: > An article by Xinhua, the state news agency, called Mr. Xu a “crazy guy,” saying t
by paradite 9y ago
As a native Chinese speaker, I just want to point out that this paragraph:
> An article by Xinhua, the state news agency, called Mr. Xu a “crazy guy,” saying that the fight had caused people to question whether Chinese martial arts were of any use and even to ask, “What exactly are traditional Chinese martial arts?”
Is a complete misinterpretation of the original sentence cited in the article:
> 综合格斗狂人徐晓冬和太极人士雷雷的视频引发了人们对中国武术的好奇和关注,中国武术到底是什么?有实战性吗?中国武术应该如何更好地推广普及?
1. "狂人" is literally "crazy guy", but mostly used as a compliment to say someone is extremely good, hardworking or dedicated in something, in this case M.M.A.
2 "What exactly are traditional Chinese martial arts?" is also taken out of context, it is used in the introduction paragraph to guide the readers to the detailed descriptions below, and has nothing to do with the existential crisis of martial arts whatsoever.
NYT employees, if you are reading this, please get someone better in Chinese to handle the translation and interpretation.
Edit:
And this, is not how you cite your sources from weibo:
> <a href="http://weibo.com/login.php">message http://weibo.com/login.php">message circulating online</a>
- yeezul 9y agoJournalist: But that URL fine for me. /s