Street name translations in Hong Kong

By: David Lin

Foreign influence Part 1: Lost in translation, Hong Kong’s weird and wonderful street names

Hong Kong’s Rednaxela Terrace – originally intended to be Alexander Terrace – is just one example of the city’s bizarre transliterations. Our data analysis examines how the city’s place names came to be.”

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/12/25/foreign-influence-part-1-lost-in-translation-hong-kongs-weird-and-wonderful-street-names/

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Street name translations in Hong Kong
Maria G. Grassi, MA AITI
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Incredibly fascinating! Mar 25, 2023

Somehow this article appeared on my page as I was browsing ProZ.
I enjoyed reading it very much and found it incredibly fascinating - a window on a geographical area and on a part of history I am not very familiar with.
Thank you for sharing!
Regards,
Maria


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