Problem with traditional characters that are still used as simplified characters with a special meaning (or reading)

[Pit H.]

The character 乾 (as a traditional character, read qián or gān) is such an example: it is simplified as 干 for all meanings read gān but remains to be used in its traditional shape 乾 (i.e., s=t) for all meanings read qián, in order to differentiate the two readings.

Samples for use of 乾 in simplified context as a standalone character and in compounds:

乾 qián the first of the Eight Diagrams; sky; family name

乾坤 qiánkūn heaven and earth

扭转乾坤 male and female 

乾隆 Qiánlóng title of the fourth emperor's reign in Qing Dynasty, 1736—1795

乾明 Qiánmíng Buddhist temple's name

乾造 qiánzào (fortune-telling) a man's horoscope

Morpheus-Eastern, however, treats 乾 as a traditional-only form, thus also displaying dictionary entries of 乾 that are read gān and should be shown as 干 in simplified context (as in the samples above).

This is a minor problem only and but should be dealt with when we design the t2s conversion routine. There are only about a dozen of characters where the traditional shape has been split into two simplified shapes.

[Michael Bykov]

2017-09-10 10:27 GMT+03:00 Pit H. <lingua...@gmail.com>:

The character 乾 (as a traditional character, read qián or gān) is such an example: it is simplified as 干 for all meanings read gān but remains to be used in its traditional shape 乾 (i.e., s=t) for all meanings read qián, in order to differentiate the two readings.

Samples for use of 乾 in simplified context as a standalone character and in compounds:

but how program can determine the context?

 

乾 qián the first of the Eight Diagrams; sky; family name

乾坤 qiánkūn heaven and earth

扭转乾坤 male and female 

乾隆 Qiánlóng title of the fourth emperor's reign in Qing Dynasty, 1736—1795

乾明 Qiánmíng Buddhist temple's name

乾造 qiánzào (fortune-telling) a man's horoscope

Morpheus-Eastern, however, treats 乾 as a traditional-only form, thus also displaying dictionary entries of 乾 that are read gān and should be shown as 干 in simplified context (as in the samples above).

This is a minor problem only and but should be dealt with when we design the t2s conversion routine. There are only about a dozen of characters where the traditional shape has been split into two simplified shapes.

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[Pit H.]

>>but how program can determine the context?<<

In simplified Chinese context, there should be no problem, as 乾 (qian2) and 干 (gan1 or gan4) have clearly different pronunciations and meanings. The problem is that for some reason, Morpheus does not differentiate between 乾 & 干, and I do not know what are the rules that Morpheus uses to determine whether a Chinese text is simplified or traditional. But once simplified context is "detected", there should be a clear distinction.

In traditional Chinese context, it's different. Everything would be 乾 (gan1 or gan4 or qian2, in order of frequency), and only context (compounds) can decide which pronunciation has to be applied.

[Pit H.]

In order to answer your question even more clearly: let me now what Morpheus does now to "determine" whether a context is traditional or simplified, or whether you make this decision only on a character-by-character (or word-by-word) basis. If the latter is true, you should introduce some routine that recognizes that at least one "typical" (= non-ambiguous) simplified character is used in a text which would "determine" that this text is simplified Chinese.