Comments on: McDonald’s Ad: “I’m Lovin’ It When China Wins” http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/mcdonalds-sells-out-to-the-chinese-at-olympics-18687 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:48:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: zijiyigeren http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/mcdonalds-sells-out-to-the-chinese-at-olympics-18687#comment-1706 zijiyigeren Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:44:57 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/mcdonalds-sells-out-to-the-chinese-at-olympics-18687#comment-1706 BTW, xihuan can mean love. Young couples sometimes say "Wo xihuan ni" and it uses a romantic sense there. Words in Chinese and English do not have a one-to-one correspondence to each other. BTW, xihuan can mean love. Young couples sometimes say “Wo xihuan ni” and it uses a romantic sense there. Words in Chinese and English do not have a one-to-one correspondence to each other.

]]> By: zijiyigeren http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/mcdonalds-sells-out-to-the-chinese-at-olympics-18687#comment-1704 zijiyigeren Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:43:30 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/mcdonalds-sells-out-to-the-chinese-at-olympics-18687#comment-1704 Jiu has many more meanings than just "only." I wouldn't translate it the way you do, since "Wo jiu xihuan" is just how "I'm lovin' it" is translated in Chinese. I would rather say, "I just love when China wins!" which is not as exclusionary as your version. Jiu has many more meanings than just “only.” I wouldn’t translate it the way you do, since “Wo jiu xihuan” is just how “I’m lovin’ it” is translated in Chinese. I would rather say, “I just love when China wins!” which is not as exclusionary as your version.

]]> By: ianmac37 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/mcdonalds-sells-out-to-the-chinese-at-olympics-18687#comment-1703 ianmac37 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:30:47 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/mcdonalds-sells-out-to-the-chinese-at-olympics-18687#comment-1703 That's not how I would translate “Wo jiu xihuan Zhongguo ying.” I would translate that phrase as "I only like it (when) China wins!" Xihuan is "like," not "love," which is: ai. And "jiu" is translated as "only." That puts a different meaning to the slogan. Granted, I have not been to China in thirty years and things change. But the difference between love and like would seem to be pretty steep. That’s not how I would translate “Wo jiu xihuan Zhongguo ying.”

I would translate that phrase as “I only like it (when) China wins!”

Xihuan is “like,” not “love,” which is: ai. And “jiu” is translated as “only.” That puts a different meaning to the slogan.

Granted, I have not been to China in thirty years and things change. But the difference between love and like would seem to be pretty steep.

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