If I needed a corresponding Chinese description for a Western widget
I'd need a professional translator more than Babelfish each and
everytime something changed in Chinese. You could replace the English
for more Chinese. Remember the blemishes mean something. Why not any
other Western language. Maybe English is the standard language of
consumerism in China. I know English has replaced Russian as
international language of choice. Maybe it is historical SOP just
because. I am perplexed more than surprised.

Jim

Lewis Perin wrote:
> "Space Cowboy" > writes:
>
> > It just doesn't seem to me the Western consumer will ever get the
> > chance to choose between 6FTM and Menghai. The plethora of Engish just
> > doesn't add up beyond what would be an educated guess. I'd be
> > interested if anyone can find compressed commercial puer besides
> > Xiaguan or CNNP in their Chinatown which I can understand because of
> > the penny/gram price. I qualify "plethora" because there is plenty of
> > TaoBao auctions with Chinese only cake wrappers.
>
> The per-cake cost of putting a few English words on the wrapper is
> vanishingly small. Why be surprised by this?
>
> /Lew
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