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the real name of this app in chinese is "Little Red Book"
surprised?
In English, Mao’s book is called the “little red book” but that’s not the case in China. The direct translation of what they call it in China is “red treasure book”. As such, the name of the app only seems like a Mao reference to people who translated xiaohongshu into English.
That’s interesting. I also see in the app it’s sometimes called 小红薯 lol
I can read Chinese. Maoist thought and censoring of Mao should not be connected lol
good point. i think i misunderstood your initial title
I still don't understand the title.
Sorry! :)
This is a mistranslation.
You're right.
But also if you wanted to be a pedant you could argue that translation is not the mere act of literally converting the words from one language to another, but also concerns considering the cultural contexts of the languages and how best to convey the information such that the closest understanding is achieved. In this case you would want to avoid the linguistic connotation that exists in the target language but not the source language. So one could argue that "rednote" or possibly "red booklet" are maybe the most accurate translations.
Of what? It’s called 小红书. Oh I guess that’s more English! Interesting