When I flip open the Chinese-language newspapers in the hope of keeping abreast with current affairs through the mother tongue, I am often disheartened to find translated geographical, human or product names that read more like tongue-twisters.

• 翻开华文报章，想要通过自己的母语洞悉时事脉搏，却发现一大堆的地名、人名，甚至是产品名称都是拗口的翻译名词。