#tbc i like the cultural preservation approach (and it helps with stuff like symbolism) i just sometimes think of different possibilities

[verycharismaticdragon]

Thinking again about how if SVSSS translation was leaning slightly less towards cultural preservation, it might have translated Shen Qingqiu's "white lotus" as him calling Luo Binghe a "beautiful cinnamon roll too good for this world too pure" and how that would be completely true to the spirit...