<div dir="ltr">Glad it helped.<br><br clear="all">Mark<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Broome, Karen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Karen_Broome@spe.sony.com">Karen_Broome@spe.sony.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks, Mark. That helps.<br>
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Karen<br>
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Subject: LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R3): pinyin<br>
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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM<br>
1. Name of requester:<br>
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Mark Davis<br>
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2. E-mail address of requester:<br>
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3. Record Requested:<br>
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Type: variant<br>
Subtag: pinyin<br>
Description: Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese<br>
Prefix: zh<br>
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4. Intended meaning of the subtag:<br>
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To distinguish Mandarin Chinese content written in Latin characters using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization (transliteration/transcription) from the other possible transcriptions.<br>
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5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):<br>
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Hanyu Pinyin, the most commonly used system for Mandarin Chinese romanization, has been the national standard of China since 1958, and an international standard ( ISO 7098:1991, 2nd ed.) since 1982.<br>
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See also the LOC page for the relation between Hanyu Pinyin and Wade-Giles: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html" target="_blank">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html</a><br>
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