Craponite is supposed to be a self-made word, which leads to the Chinese documents can not be translated normally, the current Chinese documents translated it into a “burnt shit stone”…
So, @Gregorius how do you think the translation is appropriate?
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I am unsure as to how to translate a Word that was made up by the creators of the TV Series South Park. (It was in the “Cash 4 Gold” Episode)
Considering how Puns are not exactly a good or allowed thing in China, you should probably give it a “crappy” name. the “-onite” Ending of the Word likely comes from Kryptonite or similar Crystals.
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Screenshot of this episode translated by YYeTs Sub.
Fair use © 2015 South Park Digital Studios LLC.
The reasons that Team NED adopted “焦屎石” are:
- We follow the naming convention of Chinese Wikipedia of translating foreign names.
- There are no official source of how Craponite should be translated.
- “焦屎” is the only existed reliable translation of it.
- “石” is common suffix for “-onite”. (e.g. “氪星石” for Kryptonite)
We are open for any further suggestions of our translation work.
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This is exactly the Scene I took those things from, so yeah go ahead. I dont know Chinese that well (or at all) so you have to decide. 
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