Jony Rosenne a écrit : > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John H. Jenkins >> >> >> >>Peking for Beǐjīng. :-) >> >> > >Or Constantinople for Istanbul. :-) > Two very different political realities (before and after 1453). Cities change names without going through transliterattions, cf. Berlin (Ontario) becoming Kitchener in 1916.
In any case, it is Istamboul and Pékin. P. A.
