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Offline 3one5

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« on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 13:55:15 »
No Poo, this is a decent board :)
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Offline BababooeyHTJ

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« Reply #1 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 14:06:49 »
Have you seen the Engrish on the box?
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Offline RiGS

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« Reply #2 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 14:12:34 »
Clearly US is not the target market.
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Offline 3one5

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« Reply #3 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 14:21:04 »
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If the marketing department wanted to say it was decent my reasponse to them is why not  "NoSh** Sherlock"?


Or "Noppoo Sherlock" when children are in the room.
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Offline 3one5

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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 14:27:49 »
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Maybe you didn't get the joke the first time.

Nobody can read Chinese?  Break down the characters for the other 3/4 of the population please.


It wouldn't be the first time :)
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Offline manfaux

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 15:52:04 »
Noppoo doesn't mean anything in Mandarin whatsoever, the Chinese name 诺朴 is a phonetic translation of Noppoo and does not bear anything meaningful at all.
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Offline manfaux

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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 16:00:19 »
maybe one of these happened!

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Offline flyinout

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« Reply #7 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 16:09:06 »
I'll try to explain the Chinese name"诺朴“。”诺“means承诺，允诺，means promise， maybe they want to tell the customers they will promise to offer high quality products and service. "朴" means 朴实，means no vanity， they will focus on the intrinsic value of product instead of useless appearance. This is my understanding.
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Offline BucklingSpring

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« Reply #8 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 16:12:01 »
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maybe one of these happened!

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Is this another example of epic fail translations?
ie automated translation returned the error message in the "translated field" and the operator thought it was the actual translation and printed it without knowing what he was printing?
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Offline manfaux

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 16:13:08 »
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Is this another example of epic fail translations?
ie automated translation returned the error message in the "translated field" and the operator thought it was the actual translation and printed it without knowing what he was printing?


Either that or maybe the restaurant owner (it says "restaurant" in Chinese) is just trolling us!
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Offline pitashen

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« Reply #10 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 16:22:38 »
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 request.

The Chinese version of "about noppoo" actually says noppoo is originated from US...(excuse me!?), and  so you are right that their products are definitely not intended to target outside of China, as  they went as far as trying to make locals to believe the brand is foreign from US... lame
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Offline pitashen

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« Reply #11 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 16:33:00 »
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I'll try to explain the Chinese name"诺朴“。”诺“means承诺，允诺，means promise， maybe they want to tell the customers they will promise to offer high quality products and service. "朴" means 朴实，means no vanity， they will focus on the intrinsic value of product instead of useless appearance. This is my understanding.

No offense, but if you are Chinese, then you know typing noppoo in hanyu pinyin (chinese input) would only get you garbage. The above explanation is rather forced, but nice try :P
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Offline laden3

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« Reply #12 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 16:55:50 »
This is like asking, "Why Is Filco Called Filco?"

****! I Love Cuming! Oh mama!

They chose a silly name so what someone at geekhack can make fun of it. Basic marketing strategy.

If these offended you... I'm solly.
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Offline manfaux

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« Reply #13 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 18:32:21 »
filco bras!

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« Reply #14 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 18:51:44 »
It's called "Noppoo" because it rhymes with "weeaboo".
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Offline Pylon

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« Reply #15 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 20:09:44 »
Now what about Unicomp, iOne, and all these other names we see?
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Offline flyinout

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« Reply #16 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 21:05:57 »
Quote from: pitashen;309416
No offense, but if you are Chinese, then you know typing noppoo in hanyu pinyin (chinese input) would only get you garbage. The above explanation is rather forced, but nice try :P


Yeah, I'm Chinese. Just like many foreign brands entered the Chinese market, they choose a Chinese name which have good meanings in Chinese.For example, BMW, 宝马，means great horse. Benz, 奔驰，means running. As noppoo's official site said that it is from U.S, it is also likely that they wanner choose a Chinese name which sounds like its original name and also has good meaning in Chinese.
That's my another guess:).....
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Offline ningbo182

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« Reply #17 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 21:22:11 »
Quote from: flyinout;309637
Yeah, I'm Chinese. Just like many foreign brands entered the Chinese market, they choose a Chinese name which have good meanings in Chinese.For example, BMW, 宝马，means great horse. Benz, 奔驰，means running. As noppoo's official site said that it is from U.S, it is also likely that they wanner choose a Chinese name which sounds like its original name and also has good meaning in Chinese.
That's my another guess:).....

em... u really think noppoo is a "american" brand?
well so far as i know choc mini was designed and produced by Plum
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Offline YpoCaramel

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« Reply #18 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 21:25:11 »
Is it just me or is the first line "Noppoo, originating from America" hahaha (edit - oops beaten to the punch.)

From my quick skim the rest is just telling people how full research they are and introducing some of their other products; fairly standard Chinese marketing fluff.
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Offline flyinout

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« Reply #19 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 21:29:52 »
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em... u really think noppoo is a "american" brand?
well so far as i know choc mini was designed and produced by Plum


well,maybe an American company holds parts of its share and named it.....
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Offline ningbo182

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« Reply #20 on: Thu, 10 March 2011, 21:37:07 »
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well,maybe an American company holds parts of its share and named it.....

glad you said that,
cos i was thinking probably just the same group of ppl registered a new brand at US
also im curious about this page http://www.thenoppoo.com/world/contact.html

none of those is working
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« Reply #21 on: Fri, 11 March 2011, 01:05:14 »
Many companies here in China claim that they are from overseas; I once had a manager at Dicos (a fast food restaurant) tell me that they are the most popular restaurant in America besides McDonald's!  I thought that it was pretty funny.

But, you know what?  I bet plenty of American companies do the same thing.  I wonder if Foster's really is "Australian for beer" or if people in Australia ever eat a Outback Steakhouse.

The truth is that the problem isn't Chinese people lying (or maybe they really DO have ties to American investors or something), the problem is that marketers lie.  Their whole job is to make you think you need something that you didn't need before.  Gosh, I'm cynical today.
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Offline YpoCaramel

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« Reply #22 on: Fri, 11 March 2011, 01:21:38 »
Well legally it wouldn't be difficult - register a private corporation the US, staff it with a few people and an office somewhere, get a few friends and relatives to the company officiers (whatever is required by law at its place of incorportion). The members/shareholders can be whoever the boss of the Chinese company or the Chinese company itself, whatever is easier. Probably quite useful, it might help them with import and IP registration, and you probably need an office outside mainland PRC to handle transcations with foreigners anyways (foreign exchange controls), though usually that is handled in Hong Kong.

As for marketing, well the term is broad. It's more than just ads and packaging.
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Offline chimborazo

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« Reply #23 on: Fri, 11 March 2011, 04:23:13 »
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Many companies here in China claim that they are from overseas; I once had a manager at Dicos (a fast food restaurant) tell me that they are the most popular restaurant in America besides McDonald's!  I thought that it was pretty funny.

But, you know what?  I bet plenty of American companies do the same thing.  I wonder if Foster's really is "Australian for beer" or if people in Australia ever eat a Outback Steakhouse.

The truth is that the problem isn't Chinese people lying (or maybe they really DO have ties to American investors or something), the problem is that marketers lie.  Their whole job is to make you think you need something that you didn't need before.  Gosh, I'm cynical today.


Well, a few years ago everyone or almost everyone thought that buying american meant exactly that; just to find out later that wasn’t the case. I remember this guy I used to work with, he'd get all worked up and would disagree to no end with anyone who would buy a toyota or a honda.




I didn't like foster but my admiration for australian boobs hasn’t diminished.
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Offline chimborazo

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« Reply #24 on: Fri, 11 March 2011, 04:33:37 »
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Well legally it wouldn't be difficult - register a private corporation the US, staff it with a few people and an office somewhere, get a few friends and relatives to the company officiers (whatever is required by law at its place of incorportion). The members/shareholders can be whoever the boss of the Chinese company or the Chinese company itself, whatever is easier. Probably quite useful, it might help them with import and IP registration, and you probably need an office outside mainland PRC to handle transcations with foreigners anyways (foreign exchange controls), though usually that is handled in Hong Kong.

As for marketing, well the term is broad. It's more than just ads and packaging.


You are correct. That’s exactly what mr zhang zhang zhang is doing by selling noppoo.com for almost three hundred -- last time I checked.

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I dont work for either company.  Just thought I’d mention it.




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