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It would make more sense to call it CNLabelContactRelationBiaomei. It's a concept that doesn't exist in English, so why use English? Nobody gets any wiser by th
by kryptiskt 5y ago
It would make more sense to call it CNLabelContactRelationBiaomei. It's a concept that doesn't exist in English, so why use English? Nobody gets any wiser by that word salad. The docs can provide an explanation.
- statictype 5y agoMaybe this was specifically done for Chinese but other cultures have the same or similar definitions. In Indian culture, your mother’s sister’s children are like your siblings and not cousins. Whereas your mother’s brother’s children are considered cousins (ie,one step removed). I know that South Korea also has similar distinctions. Uncle/Aunt/Cousin is fairly imprecise in many cultures.
- Someone 5y agoThey may have a code style book to avoid foreign language terms. Also, suppose you’re localizing something to German. You have to learn English to understand the labels, but why would you also have to learn Chinese, etc (how many different languages/cultures gave rise to items in that long “see also” list?) Finally, if this happens to also be a special case in some other language (I wouldn’t know), why prefer the Chinese (transliterated) name?