新中国站在每个人民的面前，我们应该迎接它。
新中国航船的桅顶已经冒出地平线了，我们应该拍掌欢迎它。 举起你的双手吧，新中国是我们的。
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This essay presents an example of computer programming which converts ideographic Chinese text to alphabetic writing. First of all, please click the following 'PinYin' button to see the conversion.
HanZi || PinYin新中国站在每个人民的面前，我们应该迎接它。
新中国航船的桅顶已经冒出地平线了，我们应该拍掌欢迎它。 举起你的双手吧，新中国是我们的。
xin1 zhong1 guo2 zhan4 zai4 may3 g4 ren2 min2 de mian4 kian2, wo3 men2 ying1 gai1 ing2 jie1 ta2.
xin1 zhong1 guo2 (de) hange2 chuan2 de wi2 ding3 yee3 ging1 mao4 chu1 di4 ping2 hian4 le. wo3 men2 ying1 gai1 pai1 zhange3 huan1 ing2 ta2 . jyu3 qi3 ni3 de shuang1 shou3 ba, xin1 zhong1 guo2 shi4 wo3 men2 de.
You can also click the 'HanZi' button to return to the ideographic text, and switch back and forth. Some languages in the world are written in two scripts. Conversion between different scripts has been in existence for a long time. For instance, Serbo-Croatian is written in both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets. There is plenty of computer software for the conversion between them.
The Chinese language is also currently written in two scripts, that is, the traditional and simplified ideographs. With computer programming, either can be easily converted to the other. The following web page contains this function. The traditional script (繁体版） or simplified script (简体版） can be triggered by clicking the proper button at right upper-hand corner of the page.
Switch of Two Ideographic Chinese ScriptsSeveral years ago, there was a popular Chinese word processor, the NJstar, on which ideographs could be converted to standard PinYin. Conception of this design is similar to that of all these conversions.
The PinYin writing in preceding rectangle has another two unique features. Some of the spellings are not in standard PinYin. You can move the cursor to a spelling, but don't click it. If the spelling is not in standard PinYin, a tiny rectangle containing the standard one will appear. But if the spelling itself is in standard PinYin, no tiny rectangle will appear.
Secondly, clicking any spelling, standard PinYin or not, will open one of the vocabulary pages. The reader will be able to see spellings for all homophonous ideographs. They will have a chance to familiarize themselves with different word spellings of the PinYin writing. Note that you need to click the backward arrow at the upper left-hand corner of the browser to come back to this page from the vocabulary page.
A vocabulary is listed in my web site, which expands the standard PinYin system. Many non-standard spellings are added. Furthermore, some spellings represent sounds that have no written forms in the ideographic script to the system. It is very difficult, if ever possible, for people to memorize these spellings by just looking the long list of vocabulary, which will be the most suffering experience for any human being. This software for conversion can help people remember the PinYin words, thus expedite transition from ideographic script to an alphabetic one.
Up to this date there are billions of billions of web pages in Chinese ideographic script on the Internet. To advance the romanization, it is necessary to convert text on these pages to alphabetic writing. This will give the reader an opportunity of reading old articles in the alphabetic writing. It will be just a matter of clicking a button to convert any web page in ideographic writing to its alphabetic counterpart.
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