I was telling my sister how the Chinese for "New Zealander" is:
新 = Chinese for "new" 西兰 = transliteration of "Zealand" 人 = Chinese for "person"
She pointed out the same is true in French:
Nouvelle = French for "new" Zéland = transliteration -aise = suffix for "person from"
In Korean, the "New" part of "New Zealander" is included in the transliteration, and the "er" becomes "인" (person from): 뉴질랜드인
This is all especially entertaining since our "Zealand" is an anglicisation of "Zeeland", which itself, according to wikipedia, 'consists of a number of islands and peninsulas (hence its name, meaning "Sealand")'. Transliterations of transliterations of transliterations!
Anyway, now I'm curious about "New Zealander" in other languages. If you speak another language, how much of the term is translated and how much transliterated?
Via maevedarcy. I changed it a little to suit myself, so maybe take the code from over there. Answers are not deeply considered, and are open to review.
The Characters: Superlatives Rules: Choose one piece of media (book, tv show, movie, video game, whatever), then answer the questions.
I choose... Guardian The questions: Most likely to be unemployed: Sang Zan (if the SID didn't exist) or Da Qing Most likely to do drugs at work: Wang Zheng Most likely to get caught breaking the law: I'd say Lin Jing, except that he didn't get caught sneaking around for ages; Changcheng wouldn't break the law (except under orders); Zhao Yunlan, Chu Shuzhi, Da Qing, Wang Zheng and Sang Zan wouldn't get caught; Shen Wei kind of is the law. By process of elimination, that leaves Zhu Hong, but I'm not super convinced. Most likely to do crime and escape unscathed: Da Qing, especially if the crime involved food, or Chu Shuzhi Most likely to commit arson: Ye Huo (cheaty answer); Zhu Hong with the power of her fierce glare Most likely to get scammed: Guo Changcheng Most likely to lose their cool in an emergency: Guo Changcheng Most likely to have a threesome: three-way tie between Lin Jing, Wang Zheng, and pre-Shen Wei Zhao Yunlan (but not with each other) Most likely to sleep with their ex: Wang Zheng Most likely to forget someone's name during sex: pre-Shen Wei Zhao Yunlan Most likely to lie to their friends about something they did: three-way tie between Zhao Yunlan, Lin Jing, Shen Wei Most likely to have a one-night stand: It's easier to list those who wouldn't: Shen Wei, Guo Changcheng, Da Qing Most likely to get caught having sex in public: Zhao Yunlan Most likely to marry someone they just met: contemporary Zhao Yunlan, YOHE Shen Wei Most likely to fake their own death: Zhao Yunlan Most likely to forget the name of a person they hooked up with: pre-Shen Wei Zhao Yunlan Most likely to make a sex tape: Lin Jing (for science!) Most likely to join the Mile-High Club: Zhao Yunlan or Lin Jing Most likely to bring up astrology to explain literally everything: Wang Zheng Most likely to have a crush on three people at the same time: Lin Jing Most likely to win at trivia: Lin Jing Most likely to know zero memes: Shen Wei Most likely to start a band just for the aesthetic: Zhu Hong Most likely to flirt their way out of trouble: Zhao Yunlan Most likely to end up in a news headline: any and all of them Most likely to open a PowerPoint presentation about why they deserve the last slice of pizza: Lin Jing (I was going to say Da Qing, but he would consider the ppt beneath him, and just take the pizza as his right.)
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