Where do the alternate spellings of country names come from regarding interactions. For example, the SINO-Soviet split.

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Where do the alternate spellings of country names come from regarding interactions. For example, the SINO-Soviet split.

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How the country you live in spells them vs how the country spells it. Languages don’t translate universally. Some languages don’t even have the sounds that your native tongue does.