John Cowan wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">I did mention "dialectal" forms (I believe final -k does no longer occur in Mandarin), I just wondered whether I would find such nouns (proper or common) in dictionary edited in Taiwan. I asked because I could see no algorithmic way of converting this name using traditional Wade to Pinyin tables.Patrick Andries scripsit:Let's assume I want to "transliterate" a large Wade-Giles database into
pinyin. It this a purely algorithmic process? For all nouns ? Common and
proper (cf. Chiang Kai-Shek vs Jiang Jeshi )? Even for "dialectal" words?
"Chiang Kai-Shek" isn't Wade-Giles; it isn't even Mandarin.
Incidentally, if this is not Wade-Giles applied to a "dialectal" pronunciation, what is it? Geniously interested.
Patrick Andries
PS : Thank you for the National Library of Congress pointer.