I have seen a ** on the Internet before, it was Wang Zhi who interviewed Yi Zhongtian, Wang Zhi thought that Yi Zhongtian used some inappropriate words in class, such as Yi Zhongtian said that he had seen God when he talked about Liu Biao's death.
Yi Zhongtian is also quick to speak, and he immediately asked: "Liu Biao's death can't be said to see God?"I can only see Hades?Liu Biao's death, that is, Liu Biao can't see God, Liu Biao can only see Hades, is that what they mean?God is Western, Chinese have no God, can only see King Yan?”
In fact, from the dialogue between the two people, we can see that some of our cognitive misunderstandings are that "God" and "Bible" both come from the West and belong to Westerners.
But in fact, more than 2,000 years ago, God and the Bible were the words we commonly used. God here refers to the "Emperor of Heaven" and the Bible refers to the "Saint Scriptures".
Just like BMW and Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are words that we commonly use in our daily life, and they cannot be translated into German car brands, so they become car-specific words and are not allowed to be used in our daily life.
Similarly, when it comes to translation, we will find that when foreign brands enter the Chinese market, no matter what their original meaning is or what the pronunciation is, they will choose a loud name and a meaningful name according to the habits of the Chinese. For example, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Pepsi, Coca-Cola.
When our brand enters the foreign market, it often adopts the method of transliteration and literal translation, such as: Huawei, Li Ning, I don't know if this kind of pinyin literal translation is meaningful, because my English is really bad, but if we choose a word that is meaningful to the locals and catchy, it may be more conducive to brand promotion.
Tibetan armor - Yi Zhongtian
How did the words "God" and "Bible", which were commonly used by the ancients, become special words in the West?