This problem is actually not difficult to explain.
Before founding the company, Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, developed a set of software for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to manage large amounts of intelligence information. The codename of this software system is Oracle, which means "oracle". The reason for this name is that the CIA hopes that this software system can guide them like an oracle and find the information they need quickly.
After Larry Ellison founded his own company, he felt that the name Oracle was very good, so he used it as the name of the company and product brand.
——The above is the origin of Oracle, which means "oracle" and does not contain other meanings.
Why not translate it directly into Oracle Company?
The reason is that when a foreign company enters the Chinese market, it will give its company name a translation, and this translation needs to be officially recognized by the foreign company and be the only translation. The use of other translations can be regarded as incorrect, because the official translation is the only one, and the other translations will not represent the company.
For example: Google, its standard translation is "Google", any other translations are incorrect, both Google and Google can call this company, this is official certification.
Also, there is a sports brand called 'Jordan', which has not been recognized as having a Chinese translation of "Jordan". Therefore, Chinese people can generally call it "Jordan" or "AJ" directly, and there will be some confusion when calling Jordan. Ambiguity, because there is a Chinese company called Jordan. They are not related, they are not the same company, and they have even filed lawsuits.
McDonald's was first translated as McDonald's, and later changed to Golden Arches. McDonald's certainly does not mean Golden Arches, but the official identification of McDonald's is Golden Arches, so McDonald's is translated as Golden Arches, even though it does not have this meaning.
Similarly, Oracle believes that it is not good to translate its Chinese name as "Oracle". They want to use "Oracle" as their Chinese translation. Since there is no legal dispute, it can be used. Although there is certainly no such thing as Oracle in the United States, Americans believe that Oracle is very similar to Oracle, and believe that using the name Oracle will be more friendly to the Chinese and help expand the market.
Digression: When I first saw the name Oracle, I thought it was a Chinese company, but I didn’t expect it to be.