[website] Added templates/zh-cn/cvs.template translation

Frédéric Delanoy frederic.delanoy at gmail.com
Fri Aug 16 13:38:23 CDT 2013


On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Hin-Tak Leung
<htl10 at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> <snipped>
>
>  I believe he did give his real name. "Xu" is a common surname in China (Not
> sure about "Xin", probably also a less common one!). Most Chinese names consist
> of 3 syllables, a single-syllable surname and a double-syllable first name. Double-syllable
> surname are less common, but single-syllable first names are also quite popular in recent years;
> So you expect most Chinese names to be in 3 syllables, fewer in just two, and an even
> smaller number in 4.
>
> Xu Li-Xin (surname Xu, first name Li-Xin) is a conceivable real name.
> It is probably also conceivable that it should be interpreted as firstname
> "Xu-Li" surname "Xin".
>
> Yes, with a population of 1.3 x 10^11, and using mostly 3 syllables, collisions
> are extremely common in China, after romantisation from Mandarin pronunciations.

Well the fact that the name was given without any spaces made me think
it wasn't a real name.
I didn't know Chinese enough to fill the blanks ;)

-- 
Frédéric Delanoy



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