Arcane Linguist

Chapter 215 List of Common Words for Siris—Everyone: I Was Shocked

The minutes of the meeting flowed out, and discussions began within the council and the joint research meeting.

"The simplification of the font... This is not uncommon in other languages, but the square characters seem to be different."

"The deformation of alphabetic characters is of course different from the evolution of this square character."

"Your Excellency Roland's doing this is not surprising. Siris's writing seems to be from irregular to regular, from complicated to simple, which is a good simulation of the natural evolution of a civilization."

In the eyes of the Alterian people, this has already been foreshadowed.

Roland did not sell the concept of "Jia Jin Zhuan Li Cao Kai Xing Jian" before, just for the final simplification.

And for the text researchers of the rune school, this is even more logical.

However, at this time, some people also raised vague concerns.

That is the same view as Leu.

"This looks like a forced reform to popularize magic, will it fall from super magic?"

"The design of the magic words is extremely delicate, and the meaning also comes from the overall referent... Don't drag down the Cyris language because of this!"

"Yes, this is not a trivial matter!"

Language is closely related to culture, which has been proved in Roland's past and present lives.

For example, the Japanese and Korean languages, because of the de-Chinese characters, have created some functional deficiencies.

His own immaturity, coupled with the mishmash of multinational cultures, the proliferation of katakana, and the popularity of Japanese English.

The magnitude of this shift is so great that it has begun to tear apart people of all ages and social classes.

But at its root, it is all caused by leaving Asia and entering Europe at the international political level.

Once it fails to be realized, it will turn left and right to highlight two words - awkward!
From traditional characters to simplified characters, it is essentially abandoning some traditional cultures and accepting new cultures.

If successful, remove carrion and rejuvenate.

If you fail, you will slash your arteries and abolish your martial arts.

In the arcane world, since language and magic are closely related, it will affect the process of magic.

It is even possible to fall from the level of super magic language!
In the previous life, Blue Star, from the perspective of European and American countries, called the traditional Chinese characters "Traditional Chinese", which generally refers to the Chinese characters replaced by simplified Chinese characters after the Chinese character simplification movement, and sometimes refers to the entire Chinese character before the Chinese character simplification movement. Chinese character regular script, official script writing system. (Note: Baidu Encyclopedia)

Traditional Chinese has a history of more than 2000 years. Until 1956, it was the standard Chinese character commonly used by Chinese people everywhere, and it still has a lot of influence now.

Anyone who studies the history of China must study traditional Chinese characters, so there is no need to mention this.

In this magic universe, the magic language that Roland spent several years constructing has been closely connected to some extent with the source of mana's magic power.

In case the main artery is cut during the simplification process, it is indeed dangerous.

But it's not that Roland can't see these hidden dangers, on the contrary, he sees them more clearly than any Atlantians or Reiners.

On the same day, the teacher Orvisto sent an email to inquire.

He answered it in private.

The greatest significance of simplified characters lies in the promotion and popularization of Chinese characters, and in the Internet age, it provides a great impetus for access to electronic equipment, information exchange and dissemination, etc.

This function can be copied to the Lena world, reducing the difficulty of learning and mastering "proficient in Seres".

The mastery of magic also has great benefits.

Moreover, the simplified characters of Blue Star in the previous life are already a part of Siris culture, and it is indispensable.

These cannot be directly explained to the teacher, but Roland's theory of changing the meaning of the magic level is also reasonable.

"...Based on this, I think the most fundamental problem of popularizing Siris magic is not the upper limit it can achieve, but the difficulty of learning and the lower limit it can achieve.

I intend to use it as a model of natural language, and further distinguish the properties of "natural language" and "magic language" that Cyres has at the same time. "

Past life traditional characters have a special status in some countries and regions, or in academia.

But in the daily work, study, and life in the Mainland, it can be said that it is almost extinct.

The two do not affect each other, but they have a close connection.

This model can be used for reference.

Moreover, because of some particularities in the evolution of Chinese characters, the internal connection between the two is close enough that people who learn simplified characters can easily transition to the stage of recognizing traditional characters.

Conversely, people who use traditional characters can easily transition to simplified characters.

It will not weaken the power of the magic level, but will increase it!

Orvisto was amazed: "This is equivalent to creating a new subset, and it intersects with traditional characters, which greatly extends the scope of Seris characters!

But it doesn't seem so easy to do what you said. "

"Don't worry, teacher, I know it well."

For this, Roland just laughed, and let it go perfunctorily.

Having said that, it is better to actually come up with the plan.

He is working overtime to make it right now, so he doesn't need to explain too much, he will know when the time comes.

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"Simplified characters... Is this the strategy he implemented to popularize magic?"

Just when the outside world was discussing and clamoring for Roland's new move.

At the southwest end of the Tyrell Mountains, where the Silena Mage Tower is located, is a new city standing in the middle of the forest.

Gallo, Oxea and the others were also discussing in a building inside.

Oxea squinted at the information he had just received, and sneered endlessly.

"It didn't take a day or two for the framework of 'Jia Jin Zhuan Li Cao Kai Xing Jian' to come out, this tendency of simplification does exist.

But it is not so easy to come up with a convincing plan that is unanimously approved by all parties.

With the development of Siris, it is no longer Roland's own language, but a circulating language that the arcane world has begun to accept.

Even, even the source of magic power has been closely connected...

This is not something you can change casually with a slap on your head.

I admit that the kid is indeed a genius, but this kind of thing, so impatient, can he do it? "

"Speaking of which, didn't the development of Atlantis also call for the simplification of grammar and sentence structure? There are also various improvements, involving the preparation of many magic runes.

The result is that no matter which party comes up with a plan that cannot take into account the interests of all parties, it will eventually end without a problem. "

Several other members of the school who happened to be present echoed, agreeing with Oxea's statement.

"I think it's a smart move for Roland to dare to take advantage of this opportunity to do so in the name of popularizing magic.

Because it is carried out in the Reiner world, even if there are voices of opposition within the school, the obstacles are extremely limited.

And when the general trend is established and the experiment is successful, it will naturally dissipate. "

Gallo sighed, and lightly sipped the red wine in his glass.

"If this is successful, it will push the Seris language to a new level!"

Oxea gave him a strange look: "Gallo, why are you speaking for that kid?"

The members of the school also said: "Shouldn't we expect him to fail and stumble on this matter?"

"What's the use of looking forward to it? This matter is an innovation within the Seris School, and we can't do anything about it." Gallo shook his head, a little bit disappointed.

The text scheme and the phonetic scheme are still different from beginning to end.

The book is the same as the text, which is relatively easy to implement.

After the failures of the previous blockages, he has gradually come to his senses and focused on optimizing his phonetic alphabet scheme for the Ous letter.

Even the phonetic alphabet scheme of the Ossi alphabet failed to defeat the Cyres phonetic alphabet scheme, so how could it be possible in terms of writing?

He doesn't do stupid, thankless things.

Oxea had a gloomy look on his face, and he had to admit that Gallo was right.

But after thinking about it, he was still a little unwilling.

Take a step back, the more you think about it, the more angry you become.

Therefore, in the next few days, a lot of critical voices appeared in the media and newspapers from all walks of life, demonstrating the shortcomings of simplification from various angles.

This time, Oxea also behaved.

He no longer adopted those exaggerated or distorted statements, but honestly described those worries from the perspectives of linguistics, social communication and magical influence.

Needless to say, something that makes sense can always resonate.

Even the people close to Roland, including the backbone of the school, Lei, and the senior of the same school, Swain, were not immune to this influence and began to waver.

"Otherwise, why don't you take it easy?"

"There's no need to be in such a hurry to do this."

"It doesn't seem to be very appropriate. Siris has already become popular, and when it spreads widely, the resistance will only increase."

"It may not be possible to have such an opportunity in the future..."

"But what if you rashly propose a simplified plan and screw it up?"

"This is a blow to the authority of the school and the reputation of the entire Siris language..."

Another day, Lei finally decided to have a good talk with Roland.

In order to increase his persuasiveness, he called Blaise, Ubor, Gideon and others.

Blaise is a native of Atlantis, a high-ranking mage of the council.

Ubor and others are also world-renowned wise men and great scholars.

Such a lineup still has some weight.

When Roland found out, he said to them, "You guys want to talk to me. It just so happens that I'm looking for you too."

Immediately wrote some simplified characters for everyone to recognize.

"Love has no heart, no kiss, no birth..."

Just like the critique of simplified characters by some conservatives in modern society, Lei was accustomed to writing traditional characters, and frowned on the spot when he saw the few simplified characters listed by Roland.

However, he quickly felt the subtlety of these simplifications and was struck by the enormous amount of work involved.

"This... These are the things you've figured out these days?"

"Of course...not." Roland responded modestly, "I have thought about it since I first created Oracle."

Hearing this, Lei breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably.

In the blink of an eye, Roland took out a thick manuscript paper.

"Fortunately, I have already figured out some results. The final result of this modification is what I call "Seres Universal Word List."

"This is your draft?"

Lei felt a little dumbfounded. He originally planned to persuade Roland to take it easy and stop rushing so fast.

Why now, it seems that it is almost the same.

As a result, Roland's answer shocked him even more.

"It's not a draft, it's a mature plan that can be directly published and implemented!"

When Roland said this, he was as confident as if he was shining.

The standards followed are naturally ready-made, directly copied from "The First Batch of Simplified Character List" and "General List of Simplified Characters".

This should have been a rather arduous, time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

From the first draft of the "Draft of the Simplified Table of Commonly Used Chinese Characters" to the second draft, the third draft, the fourth and fifth drafts, and the "Draft of the Simplified Chinese Characters Scheme" compiled accordingly.

From "The First Batch of Variant Character Sorting Table" to "Resolution on Publishing the Scheme for Simplifying Chinese Characters" and "Scheme for Simplifying Chinese Characters".

From "General Table of Simplified Characters" to "Table of General Printed Chinese Characters".

又从《信息交换用汉字编码字符集》GB2312-80，到1986年10月10日重新发表的《简化字总表》。

Until "Modern Chinese Common Character List", "General Standard Chinese Character List"...

The modern Chinese character simplification movement originated from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After hundreds of years, along with the vernacular movement, countless experts, scholars, and celebrities in the cultural and educational circles discussed, more than one billion population, and the results of decades of practice.

He opened it directly, and it took a few days to organize and transcribe it!

As for the "Second Chinese Character Simplification Plan (Draft)" (two simplified characters), it was abolished by the State Council of the former motherland in June 1986.

Roland simply didn't mention it directly, as if it didn't exist, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to people in this world.

This is called knowing the right direction and getting it right in one step.

Simplified characters are not fabricated out of thin air. Most of the simplified characters have a history of more than a thousand years, and some even have a longer history than traditional characters (Note: cite Baidu Encyclopedia).

Roland's previous arcane achievements were indeed inherited in an orderly manner.

Therefore, everyone had to believe his perfunctory excuses, and hurriedly distributed manuscript papers and circulated them to each other.

With their level, it was quickly confirmed that this is a simplified plan with a very high degree of completion, and it can indeed be called a mature plan, not a draft.

"How is it? Are you okay?" Roland asked with a smile.

Everyone held their breath, not daring to take a breath.

Are you kidding me?
In more than a hundred years, so many experts, scholars, intellectuals, and cultural elites have jointly established a plan that has been successfully implemented for decades for a population of more than one billion.

From historical roots, to theoretical foundations, to expert demonstrations, to practical tests...

Is this still a question of whether or not it will work?

"To be honest, I don't quite understand your operation...

But I was deeply shocked! "

Lei originally had many reasons to dissuade Roland.

But in the end, it all boils down to one long sigh.

Everyone thought so, and nodded again and again.

The leader of the school is so terrifying!
The previous worries and objections were ours, Meng Lang.

(End of this chapter)