Arcane Linguist

Chapter 198 Chinese Chart Method and Four-part Classification Method

"Everyone, welcome here, we will start a great cause here to benefit Lena..."

In late October, on the outskirts of Savarins, in the residence of the Governor-General.

Roland came forward in person and gave a lecture to the Reiner nobles and cultural celebrities who came here to attend the party.

The crowd listened quietly.

Arkham XIV and the queen, Princess Rosa were also among them. The latter raised his head slightly, his face was bathed in the warm winter sun shining through the window sill, with a serious expression.

Roland's presentation included the significance of compiling the "Reiner Canon", the selection of the compilation team, and the preparation of resources and funds.

It can be said that it is very comprehensive.

This is because in his previous life, he had done similar work - sorting out some ancient documents and materials for the library.

Highlights: free voluntary labor!
At that time, he was poured a few bowls of chicken soup by someone to exercise his ability. He never thought that he had accumulated some knowledge about project management and document organization management, which came in handy at this time.

In the eyes of Lena people who lack relevant engineering and management science, these are talents.

Because he speaks clearly and well, and others lack relevant experience, it is inexplicable to believe that he may really be able to handle this matter well!
For a moment, everyone's faces were full of admiration.

However, it is impossible for everyone to have relevant experience.

Even in the ancient times of feudal society, there were people who edited and edited thousands of books and were rich in knowledge.

A Count of Rainer asked the crucial question.

"Mr. Roland, we believe that you are willing to allocate funds and make overall arrangements, and we also believe that people of insight in Reiner can actively donate and sign up for this cause.

But for this kind of business, it is not enough to have surging enthusiasm and abundant funds.

The classics of our Reiner world are originally full of volumes and titles, involving various ancient and modern characters, characters of different dynasties and regions, and allusions, which are extremely confusing.

In addition, there are also natural disasters and war damage, and many isolated copies are lost, or hidden among the people, unknown to everyone. "

"Sir, we edited the dictionary to solve this problem. If it is systematic, clear, and unified into a series of books, why is there any need to edit it again?"

Roland smiled, making this question invisible.

But just saying that is obviously not convincing, and Roland still gave a specific answer.

"You may not know that the magic of Alterain includes "Language Understanding" and "Speaking Words", and even divination spells such as "Legend Understanding", which will be of great help! "

The organization and management of past life literature has computers, database retrieval, experts and scholars from all walks of life and relevant experience.

And in this life, there are all kinds of magic!
These are necessary tools and strengths.

"In the process of compiling this "Leiner Canon", I will apply for authorization to impart the following magic.

Level 0 spells "Detect Magic", "Read Magic", "Secret Mark";
1st-level spells "comprehend languages", "identify";
Level 2 spells "Hypnotic Pattern", "Mystery Lock";
3rd-level spells "Serpentine Seal", "Burst Rune", "Arcane Sight", "Talk of Words", "Phantom Manuscript";
5th-level spell "permanence of magic";
Level 6 spells "Analysis of Spells", "Understand Legend", "True Seeing"..."

As a member of the Reiner Council, Roland is about to add an alternate member. As a high-level mage, he is fully qualified to impart some magical knowledge to the outside world.

And he presided over the project of this cultural cause, not just compiling classics, but also integrating the strength of the cultural circle in the process, attracting and cultivating intellectuals.

These people also include most of the aristocratic families and elites, and they are expected to be the first batch of Reiner magicians to be promoted to the middle rank!
Sure enough, when everyone heard it, they couldn't help but be greatly moved.

"So you are willing to teach us the spells in the arcane field..."

The Earl, who had raised doubts before, was greatly moved.

This is really good for Lena!

"But, with these magics, can editing work be done well?"

Suddenly, someone asked a question again.

It was a relatively young scholar, and he didn't know whether it was out of jealousy or other thoughts, and he poured cold water on everyone's heads.

The expressions of the elites and people of insight in the Kingdom of Lena were somewhat inexplicably subtle.

The question that person asked happened to be their concern.

"This is only a necessary condition for repairing the classics, and of course it does not mean that it will be done."

Roland smiled and explained patiently.

"But as the saying goes, everything depends on human effort, we are already equipped with these things, why don't we work hard and contribute our strength?

Those who are difficult to compile classics are firstly the collection of lost classics and various materials, secondly is the organization of experts, scholars, manpower and material resources, and thirdly is all kinds of textual research, research...

I plan to divide this project into multiple phases, and proceed in batches according to different stages.

First of all, it is important and urgent. Try to protect and collect lost folklore, rare copies, extinct copies, all kinds of materials, classics, no matter what.

This requires the cooperation of local officials and lords, even if they are not people in the cultural circle, they can also contribute to this.

I suggest that His Majesty the King intends to set a precedent and lure you with titles such as jazz, perhaps with a lot of money, to recruit private forces to discover and hand over.

Secondly, it is important, but not urgent, to eliminate the false and preserve the truth, and discard the chaff and preserve the essence.

Those who are included in the ceremony must be able to represent the precious wealth of Leiner's world history, culture and spiritual civilization, and the essence of knowledge, emotion and the entire civilization.

But this business can be done slowly, with many expert demonstrations, textual research and compilation, and cooperation with everyone to learn various identification techniques and true knowledge techniques to solve it.

Again, it is not important, but urgent preparations for funds, money, food, venues and many other issues, including the security work of ancient books and materials, are easy to solve. The current Governor's Mansion and the future East Leiner Master Tower can undertake these functions..."

Then, Roland talked again, appointing some people and sharing some tasks in the common overall arrangement and organization method of modern open source communities.

This is actually a programmer's project management method. He has hosted open source projects, managed forums, chat groups and other organizations with experience.

For this reason, Roland also plans to apply for the channel of the magic net, and first solve the basic communication facilities of the Kingdom of Lena.

At least, at the level of the telegraph era.

Everyone present had some doubts at first, but with the deepening of Roland's preaching, they gradually analyzed the context of the whole matter clearly, and unexpectedly found out that the project that was thought to be vast and difficult had become easier.

Because what each of them will face is no longer such a grand task goal as compiling the canon, but just "go to a certain area to inquire about a certain ancient book", "visit a certain expert and scholar, invite a certain person to come out of the mountain", "how much money to raise", "read designated books and materials, and research various allusions".

Even, "donate some books at home" at your fingertips...

After dismantling these tasks, I can do it myself!

I add the boss, it is almost equal to invincibility.

They seemed to have an inexplicable feeling that if Roland said he could complete the project, then he would definitely be able to!
"This Roland is really not in vain!
I, Gnobion, completely believe that there are really people who can know it from birth, and achieve great things that ordinary people can't accomplish in their entire lives in their early twenties! "

What everyone present didn't notice was that among the crowd, a white-haired, hunched old man stood quietly in a corner, staring at him silently.

This is the old man who walked out of the castle in the forest. He came here as a scholar consultant of a feudal collar near the capital and attended the party.

As a result, after listening to Roland's speech, he was slightly shocked by the experience from modern management science and project coordination.

These methods have existed since ancient times, and have been summed up in the information age. Only people in the information age can review history, compile various classics, complete various projects, and sum up this kind of experience.

The ancients were limited by historical perspective, even if they were talented enough, and after practice, they might not be able to reach such heights.

The old man who called himself Gnobion pondered for a while, whispered something to a young man who looked like a scholar who was following him, and then led him forward together.

At this time, Roland's presentation had ended, and everyone formed into groups to discuss the preparation of the editorial team.

This is a key thing for many people. How can such a great cause be missed by my own participation?
"Sorry to take up your time, Mr. Roland."

Roland had just finished talking with someone when suddenly he heard an old voice.

He has long been used to this kind of casual chatting, and he didn't pay much attention to it. He said casually, "Sir, what's the matter?"

"I would like to ask, how to solve the problem of different sources of writing in many classics of Reiner's world?

You just said that you use the "languages ​​you know" and other languages ​​and characters that Mana has recorded to translate and transcribe...

But what exactly is target text?

Do you want to use the existing characters in the Reiner world, or transform them into elf characters, Atrein characters, or simply the Siris characters created by you? "

When Gnobion asked this question, many people around couldn't help being startled.

Roland was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that this person would focus the discussion on this most critical core issue so quickly.

Yes, what kind of text is better to translate into?
Here is a very important fact that needs to be clarified, that is, the world of Reiner has experienced multiple dynasties and multiple alien rule.

Half-elves, Argonians, drow, Leinar...

This is the origin of the so-called Black Dragon Dynasty, the Shadow Council, the Red Sand Legion, and even the Tinyala Restoration Army.

And within each of them, they are divided into different clans and organizations and forces derived from the royal court.

For example, the Tinyala elements that are often mentioned by the Atlantes include the tribal alliance of the Serad gang and the nostalgic forces formed by some aristocratic classes in the Kingdom of Lena.

Using a concept that is easier for Chinese people to understand, it is the chaotic situation of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the seven heroes competed for hegemony, and the Tian clan replaced Qi.

Not only did they not have Qin Shihuang, they didn't even have Emperor Zhou!
Therefore, one type of writing, multiple ways of writing, and different species bring new cultures.

Even the most knowledgeable scholars dare not say that they can fully sort out the relationship inside, and they may have the opportunity to sort it out only after the completion of "Leiner Canon".

What Roland is doing at this moment, in the eyes of the Leiner people, is also quite a bold innovation, and it is really possible to follow the example of Qin Shihuang Yingzheng to unify the languages ​​of all countries, and completely lay the spiritual foundation of a new civilization and nation.

In the past, of course, it would be more appropriate to transcribe into elf text.

After all, it is a common magic text spread in many planes and worlds. There may be a lot of differences in the habits of spoken language, but the text and grammar are quite uniform.

This is equivalent to the countries and regions around Seris. Some cultural things are missing and faulty, so we have to try to find out the root cause with the help of Seris's history books.

In this world, the characters of the elves have certain functions like this.

But how could Roland spend so much time and energy doing this kind of project, making wedding clothes for others in vain?
So he replied without hesitation: "Of course it is converted into Siris text!"

Now that he had talked about this issue, he simply raised his voice and preached again to the people who gradually gathered.

"Originally, this issue was planned to be discussed after forming an editorial team and establishing a manpower, but since the old gentleman mentioned it, I simply declare that all those who enter the "Leiner Canon" must be translated into Seris script according to the uniform standard for re-editing.

Of course, the original text files will be kept for comparison, and even handed down to the world, and the translations of different versions will also be protected. "

"Reiner's world is more accepting of elven script, and the number of people present who understand elven script is probably more than that of Cyris."

Gnobion said a fact meaningfully.

Hearing this, Roland gave him a serious look, but laughed.

"The merits and demerits of Siris script and elven script, I'm afraid I can't finish it for three days and three nights. I don't want to force you with power or my own leadership and funding status, so that you have to accept..."

After hearing this, everyone secretly complained.

Are you telling the truth?
But unexpectedly, Roland was serious. As soon as he changed the topic, he gave a convincing reason for himself besides these things.

"Then let's talk about the "Seris Library Book Classification" (Chinese Library Classification, referred to as the Chinese Library Classification), and the four-part classification of the classics and history subsets..."

Gnobion and everyone couldn't help showing a look of surprise, with a feeling of ignorance.

　Ah, it may be a bit boring, but I have to explain some things, which are actually related to the application of linguistics.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)