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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3186882, member: 76086&quot;]The problem with this aspect is transliteration.&nbsp; I know, some may not know what that is and the difference between translation.&nbsp; Thats not unusual, often people think it is the same.&nbsp; Translation is the process of converting one language to another.&nbsp; Transliteration is taking one language (like Chinese, Egyptian, etc) and attempting to assign another cultures values when there is no association or relation.&nbsp; The symbol for the Chinese &#039;Wu&#039; has no equivalent.&nbsp; Its unique to its culture (though some will argue it has other similarities here and there, but no, the big picture is no relation to anything).&nbsp; Our &#039;western&#039; way of thinking translates &quot;wu&quot;, a single Chinese character, into two symbols, regardless of pronunciation.&nbsp; And pronunciation is the key issue here.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Wade-Giles was in the past far more accurate to western thinking and pronunciation.&nbsp; But as with academia one cannot make a name for themselves without turning day into night and so we ended up with Pinyin.&nbsp; Now, &#039;Ch&#039; is synonymous with &#039;Q&#039; and &#039;X&#039; despite that in western cultures it doest have those values anywhere and never did (or in few places anyway).</p><p><br /></p><p>It can be frustrating.&nbsp; Basically a very few people created something of which neither culture would ever fully understand.&nbsp; This can be seen in many other cultures.&nbsp; Irish and Welsh come to mind where Olgam was transliterated into Latin characters, but with no understanding at all of pronunciation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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