ignore real titles to favour english translation?

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ignore real titles to favour english translation?

Postby heinz Germany » Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:45 am

Many times I came across that HKMDB ignores the English title provided by HKFA and uses english translation of the chinese title instead - http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib ... 1328128005 as an example
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Re: ignore real titles to favour english translation?

Postby calros » Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:34 pm

Your link does not work.
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Re: ignore real titles to favour english translation?

Postby heinz Germany » Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:31 pm

Strange - it works on my PC without problem. But still its easy to search even if it does not work...
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Re: ignore real titles to favour english translation?

Postby calros » Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:42 pm

If you do not give any clue...
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Re: ignore real titles to favour english translation?

Postby dleedlee » Wed Jun 17, 2015 9:54 pm

heinz Germany wrote:Many times I came across that HKMDB ignores the English title provided by HKFA and uses english translation of the chinese title instead - http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib ... 1328128005 as an example


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