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A comment on LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterOrFathersSistersDaughter. Parent comment

Re:LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterO... by tromp on Friday September 22, 2023 @03:51AM (#37609161)
> this particular kinship term does not distinguish them

Then why not call it CNLabelContactRelationYoungerCousinParentsSiblingsDaughter ?

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Re:LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterO... by lifthrasiir on Friday September 22, 2023 @03:58AM (#37609208)
I'm not sure the actual translator would be able to connect that label constant to the Chinese term 表妹.
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Re:LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterO... by layer8 on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:38AM (#37609918)
Because that would include father's brother's daughter, which the Chinese term apparently excludes, hence it then wouldn’t be correct to localize it to the Chinese term.
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