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Re: Year of the Goat
山羊
Put "goat" into Google Translate and you get the characters above (Shānyáng).
However, many Chinese language explanations of the 12 year animal zodiac cycle list 2015 +/-12N as the year of 羊 (Yáng), for which Google Translate returns "sheep".
Hence the confusion. I've traveled in China for business, a few times. This translation confusion is typical of many examples I have seen.
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