[sword-devel] Chinese Pinyin bible

[AJ]

It is not possible to directly covert from Chinese characters to 
pinyin.  Many (most) characters have more than one pronunciation 
depending on the intended meaning (same as the in English with one word 
have multiple meanings).  You have to look character by character to 
make decisions on what pinyin is correct.  In converting a single 
chapter from any book in the bible, over 100 choices would need to be 
made on what the correct pinyin is.

Allen

On 9/12/2011 1:52 AM, David Haslam wrote:
> The output of converting to Pinyin using BabelPad is inadequate for the
> purpose I suggested, in that it still leaves tonal choices for the user to
> make.
>
> Example: ChiUn =>  Pinyin gives:
>
> Genesis 1:1: qǐ chū，　shēn/shén chuāng/chuàng cāo/cào/zào tiān de/dì。
> Genesis 1:2: de/dì shì kōng/kǒng/kòng xū gǔn/hún/hǔn/hùn/kūn
> chún/dùn/tún/zhuàn， yuān miàn hè/hēi àn；　shēn/shén de/dí/dì líng/lìng yùn
> háng/hàng/héng/xíng/xìng zài shuǐ miàn shàng。
> Genesis 1:3: 　shēn/shén shuì/shuō/tuō/yuè：「 yāo/yǎo/yào yǒu/yòu guāng」， jiù
> yǒu/yòu le/liǎo guāng。
>
> David
>
>
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