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

[Abel Cheung]

On Nov 27, 2007 1:17 AM, Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian.org> wrote:
> So, in all 3 cases, that word is the French word meaning 'the (North)
> cardinal point" or "the region/department of the (North)", as opposed
> to South, East and West.
>
> I'm really ignorant about anything related to the Chinese language
> but I'd be glad to get explanations about the motivations for
> translating things which have the same meaning (*exactly* the same) in
> different ways.

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.

Problem of translation context in English has been discussed for
long time. This time it's French.

Abel

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