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Translations matter. There’s rather an important semantic distinction between claiming a ‘landing’ on the moon vs claiming ‘land’ on the moon. Currently the he
by jameshart 2y ago
Translations matter. There’s rather an important semantic distinction between claiming a ‘landing’ on the moon vs claiming ‘land’ on the moon.
Currently the headline on HN reads “Footage of Chang'e-6's land on far side of the moon”
- Dalewyn 2y agoLooks like a bad translation, it's not even proper English. NHK reports[1] that China announced Chang'e-6 "landed" (着陸, chakuriku) successfully on the far side of the Moon. [1]: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240602/k10014468871000.html https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240602/k10014468871000.ht...