Do you know what「small yellow men」is？ You may have already got the answer when you clicked in and saw this picture. Yes, the「small yellow men」refers to the minions. (ฅ>ω<*ฅ) Chinese translated 'minions' into '小黄人', which means small yellow men in English. The Chinese name is a vivid description to the appearance of the minions. '小黄人' should be a good translation to satisfy the target readers because it does impress Chinese people. However, it's not a good translation to establish the communication between different cultures as foreigners may fail to match small yellow men with minions without hints. I have something that I personally experienced to share with. Last year, I went to the Universal Studios Japan and was attracted by the King Bob popcorn bucket there. . The popcorn bucket designed as King Bob was so lovely that I immediately decided to buy it at the first sight. ‘I want a… a small yellow man.' I faltered when standing in front of the stall, until when I realized that I didn't know how to say '小黄人' in English. 'Small yellow man？' , the staff repeated with confusion. Apparently, she couldn't understand me. Another staff laughed and said 'It's minion. Chinese all say like that.' (How embarrassed I was.ಥ_ಥ) Chinese characters are a form of ideogram. So it's a common occurrence that the foreign words lose their original pronunciations and change both their forms and meanings in the process of entering China. It's an interesting contrast that Japanese, though also belonging to the eastern Asian language, contains a large amount of loanwords that keep the original pronunciations. It's really ファンタスティック(fantastic). ：) ——我——是——1——条——快——乐——的——分——割——线—— This is my second composition on italki. Please kindly help me polish it. Welcome for any corrections and comments. (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡