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knnbccb 43 points ago +43 / -0

Chinese software?

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Effreddit 8 points ago +8 / -0

This is how Google translates Soros into Chinese 索罗斯 Suǒ luósī

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knnbccb 4 points ago +4 / -0

That's basically how Chinese transliterates foreign names: take one character ('kanji') which sounds similar to each sound of the actual name, then combine them.

Same for Trump. There are two versions: 川普 and 特朗普. The latter is more often used by the mainland Chinese and their news outlets etc.

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