So, one thing about immigration to the US that mostly doesn't get brought up - there's two kinds of illegal immigration. One where you come in legally, but stay past when you said you would. This kind of illegal immigration doesn't really bother people (unless you start committing *actual* crime), but it gets lumped in with the other kind (i.e., "you never had permission to come in the first place") for political reasons.
And then *that* gets lumped in with *legal* immigration, also for political reasons.
(And that's even before getting into regional variance)
Is there any information on which kind of immigration we're talking about for these "chinese immigrants"?
The kind where they come in illegally. The recommended method is to go from China to Turkey, and then fly from there to Mexico, and cross the border that way. Once you arrive, you immediately tear up your passport, so they can't prove where you're from, so they don't know where to deport you. At least, that's how the guides go on tiktok. I'm not sure how the actual details work.
精美, I don't have a good literal translation for what it means, but it's basically someone who's really into America, particularly politically speaking. You can substitute out the country too, like 精日 I'll translate as a Weeaboo.
I see! In that case maybe terms like "Sinophile", "Japanophile", Americanophile", "Anglophile", etc. would work as translations--to take one common way of referring to lovers of certain foreign countries (though less colloquial than "weeaboo") .
It has a strong negative connotation, though, like it's a slur you call someone, not just a neutral label. So I went with the more insulting "weeaboo" instead of Japanophile
I don't understand the woman stuck on the highway. I understand how her car can be stuck, but surely she can just get out? Why is it harder for her to walk to the nearest village than for the villagers to walk to her?
I'm not sure exactly what's going on, but a part of it is that there's government people totally promising that the roads will be cleared in another two hours, please just be patient, so people keep waiting in case the problem gets solved soon. And a part of it is that mountain paths can be hard to walk if you're not used to it. What a villager who's used to it can handle isn't what a city dweller who's never hiked in the winter before can handle. And also, most of the people on the highway are stuck there because they're trying to get home for Chinese New Year. So traditionally, their cars would be loaded up with goods and stuff to take back to their family, so a lot of people are very reluctant to leave behind thousands of dollars' worth of gifts and health supplements and whatever. It's kind of like having all of your Christmas shopping in the car with you when it gets stuck.
Month-sitting-nurse sounds like such an interesting experience but while we hear from a lot of people who hire them I don't remember reading any posts from somebody who has that job. What's it like? What kind of person goes into it?
It's pretty hard work. You're there for the first or second month of a baby's life, where they wake up every couple of hours. Except while it eventually ends for the parents and they start sleeping in 4-5 hour chunks eventually, you'll have moved onto the next baby. It's basically spending your entire career only sleeping 2 hours at a time at most. But they're basically handle almost all of the childcare and cooks "month-sitting food", which has a lot of emphasis on soups and bland foods (heavy seasoning is considered bad for nursing moms). They'll make like 6 small meals throughout the day. They'll also brew various Chinese medicine herbal teas that's supposed to help with...whatever. They don't technically do any housework, you need to hire an actual maid for that.
Most of the people who go into it are older aunties or grandmas who have plenty of experience with childcare, usually from poorer rural villages. The job makes really good money, 8-10K RMB a month. You hire them for a month, and they work 28 days, so they essentially get 2-3 days of PTO every month. Oh, and the way it works is, you put in a reservation with the month-sitting nurse when you first find out you're pregnant, and make sure they have that time slot available. And then, when you go into labour, your family calls the month-sitting nurse and lets them know, and gets them a ticket or a Uber ride or whatever out to where you live. And by the time you're discharged from the hospital, they'll be ready at your house.
So, one thing about immigration to the US that mostly doesn't get brought up - there's two kinds of illegal immigration. One where you come in legally, but stay past when you said you would. This kind of illegal immigration doesn't really bother people (unless you start committing *actual* crime), but it gets lumped in with the other kind (i.e., "you never had permission to come in the first place") for political reasons.
And then *that* gets lumped in with *legal* immigration, also for political reasons.
(And that's even before getting into regional variance)
Is there any information on which kind of immigration we're talking about for these "chinese immigrants"?
The kind where they come in illegally. The recommended method is to go from China to Turkey, and then fly from there to Mexico, and cross the border that way. Once you arrive, you immediately tear up your passport, so they can't prove where you're from, so they don't know where to deport you. At least, that's how the guides go on tiktok. I'm not sure how the actual details work.
I'm curious, what term are you translating as "Westaboo"?
精美, I don't have a good literal translation for what it means, but it's basically someone who's really into America, particularly politically speaking. You can substitute out the country too, like 精日 I'll translate as a Weeaboo.
Pleco is giving me "精神日本人" as the full version - so literally "spiritual Japanese person" (as in, "I'm Japanese in my heart, really") 吧?
Yup!
I see! In that case maybe terms like "Sinophile", "Japanophile", Americanophile", "Anglophile", etc. would work as translations--to take one common way of referring to lovers of certain foreign countries (though less colloquial than "weeaboo") .
It has a strong negative connotation, though, like it's a slur you call someone, not just a neutral label. So I went with the more insulting "weeaboo" instead of Japanophile
I don't understand the woman stuck on the highway. I understand how her car can be stuck, but surely she can just get out? Why is it harder for her to walk to the nearest village than for the villagers to walk to her?
I'm not sure exactly what's going on, but a part of it is that there's government people totally promising that the roads will be cleared in another two hours, please just be patient, so people keep waiting in case the problem gets solved soon. And a part of it is that mountain paths can be hard to walk if you're not used to it. What a villager who's used to it can handle isn't what a city dweller who's never hiked in the winter before can handle. And also, most of the people on the highway are stuck there because they're trying to get home for Chinese New Year. So traditionally, their cars would be loaded up with goods and stuff to take back to their family, so a lot of people are very reluctant to leave behind thousands of dollars' worth of gifts and health supplements and whatever. It's kind of like having all of your Christmas shopping in the car with you when it gets stuck.
Month-sitting-nurse sounds like such an interesting experience but while we hear from a lot of people who hire them I don't remember reading any posts from somebody who has that job. What's it like? What kind of person goes into it?
It's pretty hard work. You're there for the first or second month of a baby's life, where they wake up every couple of hours. Except while it eventually ends for the parents and they start sleeping in 4-5 hour chunks eventually, you'll have moved onto the next baby. It's basically spending your entire career only sleeping 2 hours at a time at most. But they're basically handle almost all of the childcare and cooks "month-sitting food", which has a lot of emphasis on soups and bland foods (heavy seasoning is considered bad for nursing moms). They'll make like 6 small meals throughout the day. They'll also brew various Chinese medicine herbal teas that's supposed to help with...whatever. They don't technically do any housework, you need to hire an actual maid for that.
Most of the people who go into it are older aunties or grandmas who have plenty of experience with childcare, usually from poorer rural villages. The job makes really good money, 8-10K RMB a month. You hire them for a month, and they work 28 days, so they essentially get 2-3 days of PTO every month. Oh, and the way it works is, you put in a reservation with the month-sitting nurse when you first find out you're pregnant, and make sure they have that time slot available. And then, when you go into labour, your family calls the month-sitting nurse and lets them know, and gets them a ticket or a Uber ride or whatever out to where you live. And by the time you're discharged from the hospital, they'll be ready at your house.
Will you include links to the original weibo please? Thank you!
Yeah, I should do that, shouldn't I?
mislead -> misled
classmates sees -> classmate sees
classmates feels -> classmate feels
whole romance -> while romance
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