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Posted by Ralph Wood on May 18, 2026, 13:35:56, in reply to "As the "names" originate with chineses characters, worrying about an english spelling is meaningless"
There is actually a "correct spelling."
Modern Pinyin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin
For those who like to be "technical."
Peking was an earlier (more careless) system. Beijing is the new Pinyin system, which is more accurate.
If I say "Gouzou" when I mean Gouzao, it matters to a Chinese speaker. Not the same words. "Close enough" doesn't work with languages if you actually want to communicate with them. Like schiessen and scheissen in German, or bitch and ditch in English. Change some sounds, you make different words. Convert the Chinese characters incorrectly, you've got babble (not bubble.) 🙂 
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Witness Peking vs. Beijing. A company I worked for was doing a steam plant design in "Hur Bey" province. Problems included "not to Chinese standards" and providing enough bicycle racks. Steam heating was to supplant the myriad of coal burning stoves in the nearby towns to improve air quality. The steam lines were NOT going to be insulated. "Chinese standard"??? This is about 30 years ago. Previous Message
Ralph don't worry about it . I doubled checked my spelling as well. lol. Previous Message Previous Message
That's like "Doggy Industries" (a Chinese resin kit company) is actually Gouzou, its Chinese name (which--literally translated--means "dog flea.") Not exactly a "good fit" for the Western market.
Some years after Nixon's China trip, I read a Reader's Digest article on how eager new businesses in China were struggling to learn "how to fit in" in Western markets. The article was by an emoployee of a Western company trying to advise the Chinese companies. They had to struggle themselves to explain why things like "Fang-Fang" lipstic and "White Elephant" auto parts were not good names.
The difficulties of two greatly differing cultures trying to do business. That article has always stuck with me.
Thank you for their Chinese name. I wonder if it's just a "straight-forward name," or if it's one of these "interesting translation affairs." Previous Message
The company who makes this kit of the Pennyslvania ,Walker,and Arizona is officially called Chuanyu DaligeJian Models hope that helps. Previous Message
The Pennyslvania kit is a follow up using the Arizona hull from Dali Model of Taiwan . The 3 kits
instruction sheets are of their line :USS Arizona and the Destroyer USS Walker (WW1) with this release of the Pennyslvania.
I remember Dragon a few years back announced about
4 1/350 kits that included this version of the Pennyslvania.The previous mentioned kits that appeared look familiar so I looked around.
Hope that helps. Previous Message
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