Coca-Cola: A wonderful translation

As we all know, Coca-Cola is CocaCola, but few people ask: What does that mean? It turns out that Coca and Cola are the names of two plants, transliterated as coca tree and cola tree. The leaves of the coca tree and the seeds of the cola tree are the raw materials of this drink. The coca leaves contain cocaine, also called cocaine (sometimes Used as an anesthetic, especially for the eyes, nose or throat, it is also widely used as a drug due to its stimulant and irritating properties). Such a boring and even scary name is actually translated into Coca-Cola, which really makes the CocaCola company turn decay into magic. The success of Coca-Cola's translation lies in: first, it retains the alliterative and sonorous pronunciation of the original text; second, it completely abandons the meaning of the original text, but instead focuses on the feelings and benefits of drinking the drink, which is a clever method; third, the taste of this drink Not everyone likes it, many people even think it is like Chinese medicine, but it claims to be delicious and makes people happy after drinking it. Good at self-praise and pleasing the public. The above two examples are successful examples of retaining the pronunciation of the original brand name but changing the original meaning. Others are translated as Mercedes-Benz in China, and Mercedes-Benz as a famous brand car in Singapore and Malaysia. The original text MercedesBenz is the name of the daughter of the owner of the car company. The translation of Mercedes-Benz deletes the complicated Mercedes, which is simple and loud.