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Article #135Re: universal written language - a protocol for machine translation
From: John Woodgate
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:00
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<7fiu9hl5e6.fsf@faith.csis.hku.hk>, Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~}
<sdlee@faith.csis.hku.hk> inimitably wrote:
>>>>>> "John" == John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> >> It's a nice idea, but even more primitive than the typed
> >> medium, I would have thought; you couldn't express any abstract
> >> concepts, for example.
>
> John> Doesn't Chinese do pretty well at this?
>
>Well? Could you please state some examples, instead of repeating myths?
I asked a question. I do not know Chinese, but I do know a few Japanese
Kanji, especially those that form my name in Japanese - Mori-kado. Mori
-'wood' -looks like three pine trees, while 'kado' 'gate' looks like
stylised double-gates. I believe there may be much better examples.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
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