{"id":8360,"date":"2023-04-15T08:22:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T00:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=8360"},"modified":"2023-04-14T22:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:25:33","slug":"microsoft-translator-and-pinyin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2023\/microsoft-translator-and-pinyin\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Translator and Pinyin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2023\/04\/microsoft_translator_pinyin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2023\/04\/microsoft_translator_pinyin.png\" alt=\"screenshot of the text described in the post, as treated by Microsoft Translator\" width=\"670\" height=\"905\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2023\/04\/microsoft_translator_pinyin.png 670w, https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/news_photos\/2023\/04\/microsoft_translator_pinyin-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If supplied with the following, <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: normal;\"><p>&#35527;&#20013;&#22283;&#30340;&#8220;&#35486;&#8221;&#21644;&#8220;&#25991;&#8221;&#30340;&#21839;&#38988;&#65292;&#25105;&#35258;&#24471;&#26368;&#22909;&#33021;&#20808;&#20102;&#35299;&#19968;&#19979;&#22312;&#20013;&#22283;&#36890;&#29992;&#30340;&#35486;&#35328;&#12290;&#20013;&#22283;&#30340;&#20027;&#35201;&#35486;&#35328;&#26377;&#21738;&#20123;&#65311;&#28858;&#29978;&#40636;&#25105;&#35498;&#36889;&#20491;&#65292;&#32780;&#19981;&#35498;&#37027;&#20491;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#29872;&#22659;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#34987;&#24375;&#36843;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#25105;&#24859;&#36889;&#20491;&#35486;&#35328;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#26377;&#24517;&#35201;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#36889;&#20491;&#35486;&#35328;&#24456;&#37325;&#35201;&#65311;&#20063;&#24819;&#24819;&#20160;&#40636;&#26159;&#20013;&#22283;&#20154;&#30340;&#20849;&#21516;&#35486;&#35328;&#12290;&#29992;&#19968;&#20491;&#20849;&#21516;&#35486;&#35328;&#26377;&#24517;&#35201;&#21966;&#65311;&#28858;&#20160;&#40636;&#65311;&#21029;&#30340;&#28450;&#35486;&#30340;&#21435;&#21521;&#26371;&#24590;&#40636;&#27171;&#65311;&#22914;&#26524;&#20320;&#20351;&#29992;&#20013;&#22283;&#30340;&#20849;&#21516;&#35486;&#35328;&#26222;&#36890;&#35441;&#65292;&#20320;&#20102;&#35299;&#36889;&#20491;&#35486;&#35328;&#30340;&#35486;&#27861;&#65288;&#27604;&#22914;&#8220;&#30340;&#65292; &#24471;&#65292; &#22320;&#8220; &#21644;&#8220;&#20102;&#8221; &#30340;&#19981;&#21516;&#29992;&#27861;&#65289;&#21966;&#65311; &#30693;&#36947;&#36889;&#20491;&#35486;&#35328;&#30340;&#22522;&#26412;&#38899;&#31680;&#65288;&#19981;&#21253;&#25324;&#32882;&#35519;&#65289;&#21482;&#26377;408&#20491;&#21966;&#65311;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Microsoft Translator produces the following Hanyu Pinyin: <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman', times, serif;\"><p>t&#225;n zh&#333;nggu&#243;de &#8220;y&#468;&#8221; h&#233; &#8220;w&#233;n&#8221;dew&#232;nt&#237;&#65292; w&#466;ju&#233;de zu&#236;h&#462;o n&#233;ng xi&#257;nli&#462;oji&#283; y&#236; xi&#224;z&#224;i zh&#333;nggu&#243; t&#333;ngy&#242;ng de y&#468;y&#225;n&#12290; zh&#333;nggu&#243;de zh&#468;y&#224;o y&#468;y&#225;n y&#466;u n&#462;xi&#275;&#65311; w&#232;ish&#233;nme w&#466;shu&#333; zh&#232;ge &#65292;&#233;rb&#249;shu&#333;n&#224;g&#232;&#65311; y&#299;nw&#233;i hu&#225;nj&#236;ng&#65311; y&#299;nw&#233;i b&#232;i qi&#462;ngp&#242;&#65311; y&#299;nw&#233;i w&#466;&#224;i zh&#232;ge y&#468;y&#225;n&#65311; y&#299;nw&#233;i y&#466;ub&#236;y&#224;o&#65311; y&#299;nw&#233;i zh&#232;ge y&#468;y&#225;n h&#283;nzh&#242;ngy&#224;o&#65311; y&#283; xi&#462;ngxi&#462;ng sh&#233;nmesh&#236; zh&#333;nggu&#243;r&#233;n de g&#242;ngt&#243;ngy&#468;y&#225;n&#12290; y&#242;ng y&#237;g&#232; g&#242;ngt&#243;ngy&#468;y&#225;n y&#466;ub&#236;y&#224;o ma&#65311; w&#232;ish&#233;nme&#65311; bi&#233;de h&#224;ny&#468; de q&#249;xi&#224;ng hu&#236; z&#283;nmey&#224;ng&#65311; r&#250;gu&#466;n&#464; sh&#464;y&#242;ng zh&#333;nggu&#243;de g&#242;ngt&#243;ngy&#468;y&#225;n p&#468;t&#333;nghu&#224; &#65292; n&#464; li&#462;oji&#283; zh&#232;ge y&#468;y&#225;n de y&#468;f&#462; &#65288; b&#464;r&#250; &#8220;de&#65292;d&#233;&#65292; de &#8221;h&#233;&#8220;le&#8221; de b&#249;t&#243;ng y&#242;ngf&#462; &#65289;ma&#65311; zh&#299;d&#224;o zh&#232;ge y&#468;y&#225;n de j&#299;b&#283;n y&#299;nji&#233; &#65288;b&#249;b&#257;oku&#242;sh&#275;ngti&#225;o&#65289; zh&#464;y&#466;u 408g&#232;ma&#65311;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This has a number of obvious problems: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>failure to capitalize the first letter in a sentence<\/li>\n<li>failure to capitalize proper nouns (e.g., &#8220;zhongguo&#8221; should be &#8220;Zhongguo&#8221;) (Here is how to handle <a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/readings\/yin_binyong\/o2_proper_nouns.pdf\">proper nouns in Pinyin<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>frequent appending of &#8220;de&#8221; to the word before it (Here is how to handle <a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2009\/de-de-de-d-di-de\/\">de in Pinyin<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>incorrect punctuation, e.g., commas, periods, parentheses, and question marks were not converted from their double-width (i.e., Chinese character) forms to regular roman forms (&#8220;&#65292;&#12290;&#65311;&#65288;&#65289;&#8221; should appear instead as &#8220;,.?()&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>incorrect word parsing (sometimes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In short: Thumbs-down for now. But it might not take too much work for Microsoft to make this significantly better. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If supplied with the following, &#35527;&#20013;&#22283;&#30340;&#8220;&#35486;&#8221;&#21644;&#8220;&#25991;&#8221;&#30340;&#21839;&#38988;&#65292;&#25105;&#35258;&#24471;&#26368;&#22909;&#33021;&#20808;&#20102;&#35299;&#19968;&#19979;&#22312;&#20013;&#22283;&#36890;&#29992;&#30340;&#35486;&#35328;&#12290;&#20013;&#22283;&#30340;&#20027;&#35201;&#35486;&#35328;&#26377;&#21738;&#20123;&#65311;&#28858;&#29978;&#40636;&#25105;&#35498;&#36889;&#20491;&#65292;&#32780;&#19981;&#35498;&#37027;&#20491;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#29872;&#22659;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#34987;&#24375;&#36843;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#25105;&#24859;&#36889;&#20491;&#35486;&#35328;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#26377;&#24517;&#35201;&#65311;&#22240;&#28858;&#36889;&#20491;&#35486;&#35328;&#24456;&#37325;&#35201;&#65311;&#20063;&#24819;&#24819;&#20160;&#40636;&#26159;&#20013;&#22283;&#20154;&#30340;&#20849;&#21516;&#35486;&#35328;&#12290;&#29992;&#19968;&#20491;&#20849;&#21516;&#35486;&#35328;&#26377;&#24517;&#35201;&#21966;&#65311;&#28858;&#20160;&#40636;&#65311;&#21029;&#30340;&#28450;&#35486;&#30340;&#21435;&#21521;&#26371;&#24590;&#40636;&#27171;&#65311;&#22914;&#26524;&#20320;&#20351;&#29992;&#20013;&#22283;&#30340;&#20849;&#21516;&#35486;&#35328;&#26222;&#36890;&#35441;&#65292;&#20320;&#20102;&#35299;&#36889;&#20491;&#35486;&#35328;&#30340;&#35486;&#27861;&#65288;&#27604;&#22914;&#8220;&#30340;&#65292; &#24471;&#65292; &#22320;&#8220; &#21644;&#8220;&#20102;&#8221; &#30340;&#19981;&#21516;&#29992;&#27861;&#65289;&#21966;&#65311; &#30693;&#36947;&#36889;&#20491;&#35486;&#35328;&#30340;&#22522;&#26412;&#38899;&#31680;&#65288;&#19981;&#21253;&#25324;&#32882;&#35519;&#65289;&#21482;&#26377;408&#20491;&#21966;&#65311; Microsoft Translator produces the following Hanyu Pinyin: t&#225;n zh&#333;nggu&#243;de &#8220;y&#468;&#8221; h&#233; &#8220;w&#233;n&#8221;dew&#232;nt&#237;&#65292; w&#466;ju&#233;de zu&#236;h&#462;o n&#233;ng xi&#257;nli&#462;oji&#283; y&#236; xi&#224;z&#224;i zh&#333;nggu&#243; t&#333;ngy&#242;ng de y&#468;y&#225;n&#12290; zh&#333;nggu&#243;de zh&#468;y&#224;o y&#468;y&#225;n y&#466;u n&#462;xi&#275;&#65311; w&#232;ish&#233;nme w&#466;shu&#333; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2023\/microsoft-translator-and-pinyin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,113,28,32,20,600,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese","category-computers","category-languages","category-mandarin","category-pinyin","category-pinyin-rules","category-romanization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8360"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8410,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8360\/revisions\/8410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}