On Some Translations and Mistranslations in Dr. Williams' Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Languag

Name: On Some Translations and Mistranslations in Dr. Williams' Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Languag
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9781020636707

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Publisher: Creative Media Partners, LLC
Published: 2023
ISBN: 9781020636707

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[English] Herbert Allen Giles (b. 1845 in Oxford; d. 1935 in Cambridge) was a British diplomat and sinologist. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. [Deutsch] Herbert Allen Giles (geb. 1845 in Oxford; gest. 1935 in Cambridge) war ein britischer Diplomat und Sinologe. Er modifizierte das von Thomas Wade etablierte System zur Romanisierung von Mandarin-Chinesisch, wodurch das bekannte Wade-Giles Chinesisch-Transliterationssystem entstand.