Great point about how languages often do not have exact translations. The discussion was is there an exact translation of the word nerd, in Chinese? Per the discussion there is some close ones, but the question is how exact? Especially when words have a certain flavor to them that makes them slightly different.

Nerd, geek, PK: Creeping Romanization (and Englishization), part 2 - Language Blog
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