Chiese cities name

mikezang · May 6, 2002, 11:17

The chinese cities name in civ3 are not correct or nonexist, I modified them as below:
Beijing
Shanghai
Canton -> Guangzhou
Nanking -> Nanjing
Tsingtao -> Qingdao
Xinjian -> Xinzheng
Chengdu
Hangchow -> Hangzhou
Tientsin -> Tianjin
Tatung -> Datong
Macao
Anyang
Shantung -> it's a province
Chinan -> Jinan
Kaifeng
Ningpo -> Ningbo
Paoting -> Baoding
Yangchow -> Yangzhou

Here is my version of city names, because they are more famous in China.
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Taipei
Shenzhen
Guangzhou
Chongqing
Suzhou
Wuhan
Tianjin
Xian
Harbin
Chengdu
Nanjing
Hangzhou
Macao
Shenyang
Urmuqi
Lanzhou
Fuzhou

mikezang · May 6, 2002, 11:20

one more city, Lhasa

Boris Godunov · May 6, 2002, 13:03

What about ancient city names, like Zhao?

Carver · May 6, 2002, 13:18

Did you change the name of China to Chiese too?

Inverse Icarus · May 6, 2002, 15:30

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Originally posted by Carver
Did you change the name of China to Chiese too?

hahaha the stupid chinese can't even spell their own name.

mikezang · May 6, 2002, 16:11

I didn't check it. of course it is Chinese!
Yeah, Beijing, Nanjing, Hanzhou, Kaifeng, Xian and Anyang, Xinzheng are ancient cities, although Anyang and Xinzheng is small city now.

dunk · May 6, 2002, 16:15

I don't get it. Since the game spells the city names in English, they'll never be correct.

Dida · May 6, 2002, 19:08

Don't show off your Chinese language skill here.
The spelling of the city names in Civ3 are correct.
They are base on the Cantonese dialogue, which is more popular among overseas Chinese. People often associate Pingyin with Communist party, which is the most hated thing by overseas Chinese.

Dida · May 6, 2002, 19:10

The city names in Civ3 are fine. We just need to add more cities. I especially don't want to change the spellings to Pingyin style, because that is too 'Communist'.

mikezang · May 6, 2002, 22:26

But if you have a chance to visit China, you will find most Chinese don't know city name you said!
Then the place name is the same as human name, it should be called by original native pronounce, even China is not communist.
Anyway, you know PinYin, that is not bad.

spicytimothy · May 6, 2002, 22:36

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hahaha the stupid chinese can't even spell their own name.

How rude! If you look carefully he's located in Tokyo. Plus, So what if a Chinese can't "spell" their name? English is not the only language in this world. As long as we can write it in the most used language in the world.

BEHAVE

spicytimothy

spicytimothy · May 6, 2002, 22:40

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Originally posted by mikezang
The chinese cities name in civ3 are not correct or nonexist,

Great suggestions, but only one thing: All the cities in the game exist, they r just in British spelling instead of Mandarin translation. If u really want to be exact, Hong Kong can be called XiangGang, which is how the mainland Chinese pronounces it... and Macao is Portugese translation too... although I hv no idea how to pronounce it in Mandarin.

Just a thought

spicytimothy

Grrr · May 7, 2002, 00:03

Nit picker. I agree that local names are better, but at least get a game engine to write them in Kanji (

is that the right name).

mikezang · May 7, 2002, 02:41

Well, Macao is called AoMen. But Shantung is not a city, even in English.

Grrr · May 7, 2002, 03:11

Another 1999 Settler. What do you people do? Lurk?!

Shantung is indeed not a city, it never was.