Re: etc/HELLO: On Chinese and Cantonese

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
> Cc: eric@ericabrahamsen.net, rms@gnu.org,  matthewzmd@posteo.net,
>   ksqsf@mail.ustc.edu.cn,  stefankangas@gmail.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:16:32 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > But I'd like to reiterate what I said earlier: I would only remove my
> > objections for changing this part of HELLO if I hear from a
> > representative enough group of native Chinese speakers from both sides
> > of the divide that some change will be acceptable to them, and cause
> > no controversies on either side.  With all due respect, people who
> > voiced their opinions in this matter till now cannot be considered
> > such a group.  In particular, none of them stated his/her country of
> > origin and current place of living, nor the cultural group to which he
> > or she belongs, which makes judging the opinions harder.
> 
> FWIW, I think Eric is also a literary translator of Chinese.

Thanks, but the aspects that bother me are not of the technical
nature.