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I see there was no shortage of creative self-proclaimed linguists in these parts of the lands behind the iron curtain as well.

Our expression for "mouse" was quite byzantine: "manipulator stołowo-kulotoczny" (table sphererolling manipulator?). This just begs for a TLA like "MSK".

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Korean translation of "mouse" was "squirrel", although ultimately it lost to a loan. I can't imagine why anyone thought that long-winded translation in Polish would stick.

Squirrel was chosen because it is considered cute, but mouse is considered dirty. I think that kind of consideration of association is important in translation.

> Squirrel was chosen because it is considered cute, but mouse is considered dirty.

That's a great example of the difference between translation and localization.

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