Re:Datasets from Data.gov Have Disappeared
by o11c on Saturday February 01, 2025 @12:50PM
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For reference (since it both uses a non-Pinyin transcription and adds/drops characters), this refers to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang
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Re:Datasets from Data.gov Have Disappeared
by quuxplusone on Saturday February 01, 2025 @01:02PM
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Yes; and for further reference, the non-Pinyin transliteration is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles and the "add/drop" is that instead of the title 秦始皇 Qín Shǐ Huáng (lit. "first Qin emperor") Borges is using the title 始皇帝 Shǐ Huángdì (lit. "first emperor").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi%20Huangdi (redirects to Qin Shi Huang)
Re:Datasets from Data.gov Have Disappeared
by numpad0 on Saturday February 01, 2025 @05:19PM
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It's astonishing how little information that phonetic representations of Chinese allow to be retained.
Qin Shi Huang/Shih Huang Ti both means [Qin]Founding Emperor[-King]. In layperson's approximation, He's so ancient that his canonical name and title is debatable, and he's almost always referred to as "the first emperor" or variants thereof.