[Pkg-isocodes-devel] r1124 - in trunk/iso-codes: . iso_3166/iso_3166_2

[Christian Perrier]

Quoting Abel Cheung (abelcheung at gmail.com):

> There is a rule in chinese translation of districts names: they must be
> transliteration instead of taking the meaning behind the words. Thus
> "Nord" as district name is different from "Nord" as direction, in Chinese.
> (That is, get the pronounciation of "Nord", and pick word in Chinese
> which pronounce in similar way)
> 
> Take a not-so-identical example: "Bonjour", when used as greeting,
> is identical to saying "Hello" in english. But when "Bonjour" is used to
> indicate cosmetics or network service or whatever, english-speaking
> people definitely won't translate it to "Hello", even through they are
> the same word in French.


OK, this I understand.

But what about "Nord" as a subdivision name in French and "Nord" as a
subdivision name in Burundi?


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