Many upscale brands like Cadillac (Ka di la ke), or Hilton (Xi er dun), employ phonetic translations that mean nothing in Chinese.

许多高档品牌像Cadillac(凯迪拉克)Hilton(希尔顿)，从外文发音直接翻译过来的中文名字没有任何字面意义。

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Cadillac, like the rest of General Motors' brands, is going in the wrong direction. Cadillac is very likely to follow in the footsteps of Packard.

和通用公司的其他品牌一样，凯迪拉克正在走向歧途，并很有可能重蹈柏加的覆辙。

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Also, if the car is superhot, like Cadillac's XLR roadster, you won't be so lucky.

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New vehicles, like the Cadillac CTS and Chevy Malibu, are the latest in a string of terrific models.

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My favorite period was when resort names were popular, so we had cars like the Cadillac Biarritz, Chevy Monte Carlo, Mercury Capri and Dodge Monaco.

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