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> Top CCP brass will be outraged at the insinuation that anything disreputable is going on, will drone on about "how dare Nike try to shame the honorable reputa

> Top CCP brass will be outraged at the insinuation that anything disreputable is going on, will drone on about "how dare Nike try to shame the honorable reputation of the virtuous and hard-working and well-meaning and morally super great Chinese people," Tangential, but can any native Mandarin speaker chime in on whether the translations of CCP communications -- which, like the parent comment's hypothetical example, often read with the screechy yet formal outrage of, like, the king's devoted manservant -- are actually accurate? The only other thing I can think of like that is communications from North Korea. I have to imagine it's deliberate on somebody's part.

magicsmoke 6y ago
Part of it might just be that the CCP's translators don't have a good grasp of English and end up picking unfortunate translations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurting_the_feelings_of_the_Chinese_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurting_the_feelings_of_the_Ch... This is better translated as "damaged how the Chinese people feel about..." but instead comes off as the Chinese people having the emotional tolerance of a grade schooler. Unfortunately, it seems it was actually first used by state media in 1959 instead of originating from a foreign translation of the Chinese statement.
- ohazi 6y ago
  Wow, your translation is enlightening... Thanks! I find it hilarious that this phrase, of all things, has a Wikipedia article -- I guess that just illustrates how notably ridiculous it sounds outside of China. I wonder how much damage that disconnect has caused over the years.
ksec 6y ago
>are actually accurate? They are mostly accurate. If not toned down in the translation. People on different forums such as reddit has repeatedly asked the question, why all these passive aggressiveness, did the translator do their job. The answer is they did.

magicsmoke 6y ago

Part of it might just be that the CCP's translators don't have a good grasp of English and end up picking unfortunate translations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurting_the_feelings_of_the_Chinese_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurting_the_feelings_of_the_Ch... This is better translated as "damaged how the Chinese people feel about..." but instead comes off as the Chinese people having the emotional tolerance of a grade schooler. Unfortunately, it seems it was actually first used by state media in 1959 instead of originating from a foreign translation of the Chinese statement.

ohazi 6y ago
Wow, your translation is enlightening... Thanks! I find it hilarious that this phrase, of all things, has a Wikipedia article -- I guess that just illustrates how notably ridiculous it sounds outside of China. I wonder how much damage that disconnect has caused over the years.

ksec 6y ago

>are actually accurate? They are mostly accurate. If not toned down in the translation. People on different forums such as reddit has repeatedly asked the question, why all these passive aggressiveness, did the translator do their job. The answer is they did.