Re: "Double stressed" words
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 28, 2003, 22:21 |
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 05:54:54PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> But more obscure or more recent objects often have the same name
> in all languages. In the field of newspapers, we have Die Welt and Le Monde,
> but the People's Daily, not Renmin Ribao.
I'm sorry, but your example confuses me. Are you arguing that the
People's Daily is less obscure than Die Welt and Le Monde?
I was also referring to modified pronunciation of names that are borrowed
directly from the source language, rather than translations.
-Mark
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