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re: Broadway - it's because the Chinese name is borrowed from NYC's Broadway - 百老匯. Chinese translators really like to translate names and locations which impa
by binarysolo 7y ago
re: Broadway - it's because the Chinese name is borrowed from NYC's Broadway - 百老匯.
Chinese translators really like to translate names and locations which impart some meaning but still sound kinda similar to actual word. Bai-lao-hui sounds kinda like Broadway to a Chinese person. Also, presumably NYC's Broadway is an avenue of a hundred old people because affluent (older) people go to watch musicals more.