Talk:Grand Hotel (Taipei)

message: I thought the official name was Taipei Grand Hotel.--Jerry 22:22, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And Heqong, please follow the new naming conventions.--Jerry 22:31, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

text: What? Yeah guys go ahead and read my comments on his talkpage and tell me what you think. Anyways back to topic: I think this page should be moved back to Taipei Grand Hotel as it is the common and official name of this hotel.--Jerry 00:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Yeah I guess that'll be alright.--Jerry 00:46, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Yuanshan" Grand Hotel? 

message: This article has been renamed from The Grand Hotel to Grand Hotel (Taipei City) as the result of a move request. 
 - move back to original name. Keith D (talk) 23:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Previous Requested move 

message: The article says the literal name of the Hotel when translated from Chinese is "Yuanshan Grand Hotel".  I'm wondering how this translation was made.  Were I to translate it, I would call it (and I admit my Chinese isn't great) "Round Mountain Big Restaurant".  Specifically, "Yuanshan" is the name of a mountain that the hotel is close to, so why are we not using the literal translation of the mountain? Readin (talk) 01:24, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The general practice among native English speakers living in Taiwan is to not translate proper names of places, whether they be for cities, mountains, or something else.  For example, I live in Da'an District of Taipei. Da'an literally translates as "Big peaceful", but nobody is going to call it the "Big Peaceful District". Likewise we have Alishan, not "Interior Mountain", Yushan, not "Jade Mountain", and Yuanshan, not "Round Mountain".--Aervanath (talk) 04:29, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: And we also have "Grand Hotel", not "Yuanshan Grand Hotel".  In this case, the question isn't what native speakers call things.  The question is what the literal translation is.  "Fan dyan" is something I've seen translated as both "restaurant" and "hotel".  "Da" is normally translated "big", but the meaning is similar to "grand" and in context "grand" perhaps makes more sense.  But when it comes to a literal translation, I'm really wondering about "Yuanshan".  Are there rules normally applied to literal translations that dictate how much should be translated?  Is there a rule that says proper names within a larger literal translation should not be literally translated?  Does anyone know? Readin (talk) 13:46, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  literal translation 

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message: Among the notable guests of the hotel is listed a "Filippo Fontanelli". Who is/was this person? I have not found (or ever heard of) a 'famous' Filippo Fontanelli. Klod (talk) 10:21, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
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