去读读 William Hannas 的《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》。显然，不仅要学符号数量多得离谱，而且所谓所有口语变体共用同一套书面语言的信条也并非事实。此外，写作者经常会犯……
Read Asia's Orthographic Dilemma by William Hannas. Apparently, not only is there a ridiculous number of symbols to learn, the dogma that all the spoken versions share the same written language is not true. Also, writers commonly make…
……时间/金钱。因此，至少在古代中国，文人全都去考科举当官了，根本没什么动力去出书撼动现状。你可能会对 William Hannas 的《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》这本书感兴趣。
…time/money. And so, at least in China, all the literati went into civil service jobs, and had little incentive to publish books which would shake up the status quo. You may be interested in the book Asia's Orthographic Dilemma by William Hannas.
……但有译本，如果你真的很有兴趣，还是可以去学的，参见 a)。顺便说一下，关于这些问题有很棒的参考资料：* 《The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy》，John DeFrancis * 《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》，Wm. C. Hannas，节选可见这里 http://www.pinyin.info/readings/orthographic.html * Pinyin Info，http://www.pinyin.info/ * Language Log，http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ ，尤其是……
…but there are translations, and if you're really into it, you can still go and learn it, see a). Great resources on these issues, btw: * "The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy", John DeFrancis * "Asia's Orthographic Dilemma", Wm. C. Hannas, extract available here http://www.pinyin.info/readings/orthographic.html * Pinyin Info, http://www.pinyin.info/ * Language Log, http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ , in particular…
…of what are usually called "dialects" but, since they are mutually unintelligible, might better be considered parallel to the various languages that make up the Romance group of languages." 2. From "Asia's Orthographic Dilemma" by Wm. C. Hannas: "some eighty million or more people living in China [...] speak non-Chinese languages written in alphabetic or indigenous systems. [...] If we ignore this inconvenient phenomenon and…
关于这个问题，还可以参阅 Wm. C. Hannas《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》中的“同音词问题”（The Homonym problem）：http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/east_asian_languages.html#...
On this issue, see also "The Homonym problem", in Wm. C. Hannas, Asia's Orthographic Dilemma: http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/east_asian_languages.html#...
……资料：* Pinyin Info，http://www.pinyin.info/ * Language Log，http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ ，特别是 Victor Mair 的文章 * 《The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy》，John DeFrancis * 《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》，Wm. C. Hannas，节选可见这里 http://www.pinyin.info/readings/orthographic.html
…resources: * Pinyin Info, http://www.pinyin.info/ * Language Log, http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ , in particular Victor Mair's posts * "The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy", John DeFrancis * "Asia's Orthographic Dilemma", Wm. C. Hannas, extract available here http://www.pinyin.info/readings/orthographic.html
去读读 William Hannas 的《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》。显然，不仅要学符号数量多得离谱，而且所谓所有口语变体共用同一套书面语言的信条也并非事实。此外，写作者经常会犯……
Read Asia's Orthographic Dilemma by William Hannas. Apparently, not only is there a ridiculous number of symbols to learn, the dogma that all the spoken versions share the same written language is not true. Also, writers commonly make…
……时间/金钱。因此，至少在古代中国，文人全都去考科举当官了，根本没什么动力去出书撼动现状。你可能会对 William Hannas 的《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》这本书感兴趣。
…time/money. And so, at least in China, all the literati went into civil service jobs, and had little incentive to publish books which would shake up the status quo. You may be interested in the book Asia's Orthographic Dilemma by William Hannas.
……但有译本，如果你真的很有兴趣，还是可以去学的，参见 a)。顺便说一下，关于这些问题有很棒的参考资料：* 《The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy》，John DeFrancis * 《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》，Wm. C. Hannas，节选可见这里 http://www.pinyin.info/readings/orthographic.html * Pinyin Info，http://www.pinyin.info/ * Language Log，http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ ，尤其是……
…but there are translations, and if you're really into it, you can still go and learn it, see a). Great resources on these issues, btw: * "The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy", John DeFrancis * "Asia's Orthographic Dilemma", Wm. C. Hannas, extract available here http://www.pinyin.info/readings/orthographic.html * Pinyin Info, http://www.pinyin.info/ * Language Log, http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ , in particular…
……那些通常被称为“方言”的语言，但由于它们之间互不相通，或许更应该被视为类似于构成罗曼语族的各种独立语言。”2. 摘自 Wm. C. Hannas 的《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》：“生活在中国的八千多万人 […] 使用字母或本土文字系统书写非汉语语言。[…] 如果我们忽视这一令人头疼的现象，并且……
…of what are usually called "dialects" but, since they are mutually unintelligible, might better be considered parallel to the various languages that make up the Romance group of languages." 2. From "Asia's Orthographic Dilemma" by Wm. C. Hannas: "some eighty million or more people living in China [...] speak non-Chinese languages written in alphabetic or indigenous systems. [...] If we ignore this inconvenient phenomenon and…
关于这个问题，还可以参阅 Wm. C. Hannas《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》中的“同音词问题”（The Homonym problem）：http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/east_asian_languages.html#...
On this issue, see also "The Homonym problem", in Wm. C. Hannas, Asia's Orthographic Dilemma: http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/east_asian_languages.html#...
……资料：* Pinyin Info，http://www.pinyin.info/ * Language Log，http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ ，特别是 Victor Mair 的文章 * 《The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy》，John DeFrancis * 《Asia's Orthographic Dilemma》，Wm. C. Hannas，节选可见这里 http://www.pinyin.info/readings/orthographic.html
…resources: * Pinyin Info, http://www.pinyin.info/ * Language Log, http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/ , in particular Victor Mair's posts * "The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy", John DeFrancis * "Asia's Orthographic Dilemma", Wm. C. Hannas, extract available here http://www.pinyin.info/readings/orthographic.html