Comments on: Cultural Implications of Google’s New Chinese Name http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/ A Journal on Intercultural Studies Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:45:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: YouMeiTI 有媒体: Can I Still Call Google GouGou "Doggy" 狗狗?: Cultural Implications of Google’s New Chinese Name-谷歌 http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/comment-page-1/#comment-57 YouMeiTI 有媒体: Can I Still Call Google GouGou "Doggy" 狗狗?: Cultural Implications of Google’s New Chinese Name-谷歌 Sun, 28 May 2006 11:48:04 +0000 http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/#comment-57 [...] I and many other Chinese Google users have been calling Google "Gou-Gou" which literally means Doggy (狗狗). However after reading Jin's post at Intercultural Learning that analyzes the semantic implications of Google's Chinese name, I think I may have to stop using that moniker. Google announced on April 12 that their exact Chinese name is "Gu-Ge" (谷歌), which literally and officially means "harvest song." The new name has left many Chinese webbots mystified because Gu-Ge has no direct lexical meaning to internet searching. Jin talks about how Googleterpreters probably construe Gu-Ge 谷歌 as a romantic name that highlights the "fruitful and productive search experience, in a poetic Chinese way." Well I think even that's quite a semantic stretch. For Jin, he says Gu-Ge just as equally conjures up images of "slow and remote agricultural scenes." For me, visions of many happy women in uniforms singing about collective farming productivity comes to my mind. [...]

[...] I and many other Chinese Google users have been calling Google “Gou-Gou” which literally means Doggy (狗狗). However after reading Jin’s post at Intercultural Learning that analyzes the semantic implications of Google’s Chinese name, I think I may have to stop using that moniker. Google announced on April 12 that their exact Chinese name is “Gu-Ge” (谷歌), which literally and officially means “harvest song.” The new name has left many Chinese webbots mystified because Gu-Ge has no direct lexical meaning to internet searching. Jin talks about how Googleterpreters probably construe Gu-Ge 谷歌 as a romantic name that highlights the “fruitful and productive search experience, in a poetic Chinese way.” Well I think even that’s quite a semantic stretch. For Jin, he says Gu-Ge just as equally conjures up images of “slow and remote agricultural scenes.” For me, visions of many happy women in uniforms singing about collective farming productivity comes to my mind. [...]

]]> By: China Law Blog http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/comment-page-1/#comment-13 China Law Blog Sun, 21 May 2006 18:14:04 +0000 http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/#comment-13 Great post and great site. I will definitely be linking back to this on an upcoming post on trademarks. We always ask our clients about getting a Chinese name trademarked in addition to their English one and we always stress the need to do more than just a strict translation from English to Chinese. Great post and great site. I will definitely be linking back to this on an upcoming post on trademarks. We always ask our clients about getting a Chinese name trademarked in addition to their English one and we always stress the need to do more than just a strict translation from English to Chinese.

]]> By: Name Wire: The Product Naming Blog http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Name Wire: The Product Naming Blog Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/#comment-400 [...] Here are some other perspectives on the Gu Ge brand name: China Snippets has Google's promotional video about the new brand name, with English subtitles. The Journal of Intercultural Learning on theCultural Implications of Google’s New Chinese Name. Global Voices offers a roundup of comments from Chinese bloggers. Technorati Tags: Google, Gu Ge, China Posted by William Lozito at 06:05 PM Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) | Socialize This Posted to [...]

[...] Here are some other perspectives on the Gu Ge brand name: China Snippets has Google’s promotional video about the new brand name, with English subtitles. The Journal of Intercultural Learning on theCultural Implications of Google’s New Chinese Name. Global Voices offers a roundup of comments from Chinese bloggers. Technorati Tags: Google, Gu Ge, China Posted by William Lozito at 06:05 PM Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) | Socialize This Posted to [...]

]]> By: The Journal http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/comment-page-1/#comment-15 The Journal Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:50:02 +0000 http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/#comment-15 Thanks you, absolutely-intercultural, and sure we will be in touch. Thanks you, absolutely-intercultural, and sure we will be in touch.

]]> By: Karsten http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Karsten Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:32:28 +0000 http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/#comment-12 <p>Thank you very much for this interesting piece of intercultural news. We've actually used a bit of it for our last episode of our podcast "absolutely intercultural!". The last episode focussed on China, so it came in very handy. :)</p> <p>I find your blog very interesting and maybe we could co-operate in some way for one of the next shows. We'd love to get a deeper understanding of China, and you just seem to be the right person for that job. So please go to www.absolutely-intercultural.com and get in touch with us.Well, that's it for now.</p> <p>Viele Grüße aus Deutschland, und hoffentlich bis bald.</p> <p>(Greetings from Germany, and so long!)</p> Thank you very much for this interesting piece of intercultural news. We’ve actually used a bit of it for our last episode of our podcast “absolutely intercultural!”. The last episode focussed on China, so it came in very handy. :)

I find your blog very interesting and maybe we could co-operate in some way for one of the next shows. We’d love to get a deeper understanding of China, and you just seem to be the right person for that job. So please go to http://www.absolutely-intercultural.com and get in touch with us.Well, that’s it for now.

Viele Grüße aus Deutschland, und hoffentlich bis bald.

(Greetings from Germany, and so long!)

]]> By: The Journal http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/comment-page-1/#comment-14 The Journal Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:14:50 +0000 http://www.interculturallearning.net/2006/04/18/cultural-implications-of-google%e2%80%99s-new-chinese-name/#comment-14 Thanks for the comments, China Law Blog, and I am looking forward to your post on trademarks. Thanks for the comments, China Law Blog, and I am looking forward to your post on trademarks.

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