Translation Information & Tips From IteroText » language http://www.iterotext.com/blog How To Succeed With Multilingual Documentation Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:24:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 List of new Simplified Chinese Characters to be announced http://www.iterotext.com/blog/2009/04/15/list-of-new-simplified-chinese-characters-to-be-announced/ http://www.iterotext.com/blog/2009/04/15/list-of-new-simplified-chinese-characters-to-be-announced/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:29:18 +0000 Beverly Cornell http://www.iterotext.com/blog/2009/04/15/list-of-new-simplified-chinese-characters-to-be-announced/ Chinese Dictionary According to Window of China in a recent article – the People’s Republic of China will be issuing a modified list of simplified Chinese characters.  This is in hopes of standardizing a language written by billions internationally.

China first introduced the simplified character in 1956.  The process included decreasing the number of strokes for each character to make it easier to learn.  In 1986 the official count of simplified characters was 2,235. 

Many people have felt that the symbols have been oversimplified, which have made the characters more difficult to understand.  This new release is intended to help solve this confusion. 

Don’t expect the new characters to be fully restored to traditional Chinese as that would require an entirely new education for the Chinese people.  Although many Chinese people see the traditional Chinese characters as a way to preserve their culture.

What do you think?   

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