Re: Looking for transcription or transliteration standards latin- >arabic

From: Patrick Andries (Patrick.Andries@xcential.com)
Date: Fri Jul 02 2004 - 18:07:20 CDT

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    Jony Rosenne a ¨¦crit :

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    >>-----Original Message-----
    >>From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org
    >>[mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of John H. Jenkins
    >>
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    >>Peking for Be¨«j¨©ng. :-)
    >>
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    >Or Constantinople for Istanbul. :-)
    >
    Two very different political realities (before and after 1453). Cities
    change names without going through transliterattions, cf. Berlin
    (Ontario) becoming Kitchener in 1916.

    In any case, it is Istamboul and P¨¦kin.

    P. A.

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