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submitted 2 days ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Most of those are based upon non-English language references.

Tencent - The company name in Mandarin 腾讯 or in téng xùn. When pronounced it sort of sounds like ten cent (but not really to my ear).
Xpeng - The company name in Mandarin is 小鹏汽车; or in pinyin: Xiǎopéng Qìchē. So for a romanization Xiǎopéng is shortened to Xpeng
Crunchyroll - Isn't Crunchyroll a type of a sushi roll?

Or to put it another way, if you're upset by these names, you should be equally upset with names like Starbucks, LA Fitness, or Del Taco.