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I posted this in Chinese first.And use AI translated.

the_af 10mo ago
Why did it take you 8 years to repost it in English? It's not because of AI, because other translations existed before LLMs and were more than adequate.
- ctchocula 10mo ago
  +1 The long gap between 2016 when the original article was written in Chinese and 2025, the fact that the Substack article does not cite the original Zhihu article (until someone other than OP linked it in this thread), not linking previously English translations of this article, and the financial incentive of the LLM-translated article being on Substack make OP's claim of authorship of the Chinese article very sus.
  - Vincent_Yan404 10mo ago
    The first comment can answer your question, go and check whether I am OP https://www.zhihu.com/people/yan-mou-ren-63/posts https://www.zhihu.com/people/yan-mou-ren-63/posts
    - ctchocula 10mo ago
      Thanks for the info! I don't have a Zhihu account to check myself, but I believe you. I think it would be helpful to dispel any confusion if you added somewhere on the Substack post (e.g. at the bottom) the above message you are the author of the Zhihu post.
  - Vincent_Yan404 10mo ago
    You can see 553 条评论，And click “最新”
- Vincent_Yan404 10mo ago
  Cause I've never thought it before, and now I'm in Canada,I want to try whether this can be related in western country.
  - the_af 10mo ago
    Oh, I can help you with that concern: anything related to China, mysterious towns, and secret projects will be lapped up by readers from Western countries. You'd have a harder time if you were trying to portray a more positive life experience in China.
siddbudd 9mo ago
I loved the article, the translation is pretty good, too. Can you share a link to the full Chinese text with me, please? My wife is also from the Gobi desert and I think she would love to read the original version. edit: I just found 我在404长大 [1] on douban, it seems the be the original version --- 1: https://www.douban.com/note/858264779/ https://www.douban.com/note/858264779/

the_af 10mo ago

Why did it take you 8 years to repost it in English? It's not because of AI, because other translations existed before LLMs and were more than adequate.

ctchocula 10mo ago
+1 The long gap between 2016 when the original article was written in Chinese and 2025, the fact that the Substack article does not cite the original Zhihu article (until someone other than OP linked it in this thread), not linking previously English translations of this article, and the financial incentive of the LLM-translated article being on Substack make OP's claim of authorship of the Chinese article very sus.
- Vincent_Yan404 10mo ago
  The first comment can answer your question, go and check whether I am OP https://www.zhihu.com/people/yan-mou-ren-63/posts https://www.zhihu.com/people/yan-mou-ren-63/posts
  - ctchocula 10mo ago
    Thanks for the info! I don't have a Zhihu account to check myself, but I believe you. I think it would be helpful to dispel any confusion if you added somewhere on the Substack post (e.g. at the bottom) the above message you are the author of the Zhihu post.
- Vincent_Yan404 10mo ago
  You can see 553 条评论，And click “最新”
Vincent_Yan404 10mo ago
Cause I've never thought it before, and now I'm in Canada,I want to try whether this can be related in western country.
- the_af 10mo ago
  Oh, I can help you with that concern: anything related to China, mysterious towns, and secret projects will be lapped up by readers from Western countries. You'd have a harder time if you were trying to portray a more positive life experience in China.

siddbudd 9mo ago

I loved the article, the translation is pretty good, too. Can you share a link to the full Chinese text with me, please? My wife is also from the Gobi desert and I think she would love to read the original version. edit: I just found 我在404长大 [1] on douban, it seems the be the original version --- 1: https://www.douban.com/note/858264779/ https://www.douban.com/note/858264779/