Original sentence: Due to fundamental differences between Chinese and English phonology, neither d nor t can be considered adequate representations for the consonant at the beginning of the word Dao/Tao.Other people think that the older forms should be retained because the older spellings have now become assimilated English words in their own right, and are not Chinese anymore, while new borrowings should be written according to the official transliteration scheme.See also: Pinyin, Wades-Giles, Romanization, Chinese language.Some people think that existing words in English which come from Chinese words should be remodeled after the Pinyin transliteration scheme, claiming that it has several important benefits over older transliteration schemes.The Chinese pronunciation is voiceless (like t and not like d), but it is also unaspirated (without the puff of air which is normally a part of English t but which is never a part of English d).Thus, both transliterations are equally close (or far) from the Mandarin pronunciation of Dao/Tao
Edited sentence: " The Chinese pronunciation is 'voiced'(like 'd' and not like 't'), but it is also 'unaspirated' (without the puff of air normal to English 'd').Due to fundamental differences between Chinese and English phonology, neither <d> nor <t> can be considered adequate representations for the consonant at the beginning of the word "Dao"/"Tao.It should be noted that Chinese scholars have spent a great deal of effort in modernizing Chinese 'Romanization,' and Pinyin in general resolves many problems with earlier systems.Other people think that the older forms should be retained because the older spellings have now become assimilated English words in their own right, and are not Chinese anymore, while new borrowings should be written according to the better transliteration scheme.See also: m:Use pinyin not Wade-Giles.Some people think that existing words in English which come from Chinese words should be remodeled after the Pinyin transliteration scheme, in light of its several important benefits over older transliteration schemes.This example illustrates one of the several advantages that the Pinyin transliteration scheme has over the older Wade-Giles scheme, from a scientific, linguistic point of view.Thus, 'daoism' is closer, provided the 'd' sound is rather clipped (like 't'), and not followed by a puff of air