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SMS

SMS, to text, a text message. In modern life, this is perhaps one of the most common abbreviations. It turns out that “duanxin”, the Chinese term currently used for mobile messages, is not new, but was taken “...

It turns out that the term “duanxin”, currently used in Chinese for mobile messages, is not new: it was brought back into service from an obsolete polite expression used to refer to one’s own letter to someone.

The Chinese-Russian Center, which advocates correct Russian usage both in its translations and in everyday life, offers its own interpretation of the English abbreviation “SMS”: «система мобильных сообщений» (mobile messaging system). For a single message, we suggest the term «сообщение системы мобильных сообщений» (mobile messaging system message), or, for short, “SMS message”.

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