Yes please! Having PinYin (and BoPoMoFo) would be absolutely
wonderful. This is possibly the most significant modern day
contribution towards improving communication.
I cannot over emphasize how useful and excellent this simple
improvement would be.
When can we have it?
V.
On Aug 19, 9:44 pm, dkocan wrote:
> I don't understand why google translate doesn't have pinyin. It
> should have it.
>
> On Aug 9, 11:24 pm, michael.friedman wrote:
>
> > 100% agree!
>
> > Key point - Pinyin should be displayed IN ADDITION to the translated
> > text. This should be available whether translating to or from
> > Chinese.
>
> > So if I translate "Hello" to Chinese I should be able to see "ni hao"
> > AS WELL as "你好". If I translate from "你好" to English I should be able
> > to see "ni hao" as well as "Hello".
>
> > What you need to understand is that Google Translate is most useful to
> > people with basic language skills. We need help... but we also half
> > understand. Given difficulties of reading Chinese compared to
> > speaking having pinyin is a very essential tool to assist
> > understanding.
>
> > On Jul 26, 7:42 am, Sean.R. wrote:
>
> > > When translating to Chinese, either Simplified or Traditional, could
> > > the Google Translate tool give thePinyinin addition to the Chinese
> > > characters. That would be very helpful, as thePinyinspecifies the
> > > pronunciation.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Sean R.
