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Chinese exonyms. Translating a non-Chinese toponym into a Chinese exonym is a complex task, given the high number of homophones in Chinese, the existence of multiple conventions for translation, and differences in the phonetic systems between the source language and Chinese. [1]
The name Montreal is generally thought to be derived from "Mount Royal", the name given to the mountain by Cartier in 1535. 1556 – On his map of Hochelaga, Italian geographer Giovanni Battista Ramusio wrote Monte Real to designate Mount Royal. 1575 – In his Cosmographie universelle de tout le monde, historiographer François de Belleforest ...
Richard Jay-Alexander (born May 24, 1953) is an American Broadway producer and director. He served as Executive Director of the North American Flagship Headquarters, Cameron Mackintosh Inc., for twelve years, known for productions which include Les Misérables, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Five Guys Named Moe, Oliver! and Putting It Together.
This is a list of personal names known in English that are modified from another language and are or were not used among the person themselves. It does not include: names of monarchs, which are commonly translated (e.g. Pope Francis), although current and recent monarchs are often untranslated today (e.g. Felipe VI of Spain)
Moses ( Greek: Μωϋσῆς ), [NB 1] Moishe ( Yiddish: משה ), [NB 2] Moshe ( Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה ), [NB 3] Musa ( Arabic :موسی), [NB 4] or Movses ( Armenian: Մովսես) [NB 5] is a male given name, after the biblical figure Moses . An Egyptian root msy ('child of') has been considered as a possible etymology, arguably an ...
v. t. e. Transcription into Chinese characters is the use of traditional or simplified Chinese characters to phonetically transcribe the sound of terms and names of foreign words to the Chinese language. Transcription is distinct from translation into Chinese whereby the meaning of a foreign word is communicated in Chinese.
Google Translate is a web-based free-to-user translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [11] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation service. [11] The input text had to be translated into English first before ...
Maurice Moe Racine (1937–2018), former Canadian Football League player, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Morris Moe Savransky (1929–2022), American Major League Baseball pitcher. Moe or Mose Solomon (1900–1966), the "Rabbi of Swat", American Major League Baseball outfielder. Moritz "Moe" Wagner (born 1997), German basketball ...