I write on Chinese cultural shit for a majority-white and extremely Eurocentric academic field. Explaining every basic thing every single fucking time is indeed rather tiring. I don’t know what the context of her rant is, but I sort of see where she’s coming from. I mean yeah, when I intentionally use untranslated words/concepts, it’s typically so the reader has to realize that they need to do their part in learning new concepts and new ways of thinking/living in the world, rather than thinking everything can ultimately be translated/assimilated into the anglophone world they are already familiar with. So I guess it isn’t/shouldn’t be about shutting the reader out but rather asking them to think differently if they are willing.

Edit: I should add that, I think this problem arises from having to write to a PMC readership, where you have to write to an imagined reader who has zero material connections with you other than through the market of sales and citations.