Talk:100 Peaks of Taiwan

Request to add Chinese names to the table of mountains.

This article was a translation from the the Chinese-language version. However, I think the Chinese names should be included in the list of Baiyue at the end of the article, maybe in its own "Chinese name" column. Almost all of these mountains are only known by their Chinese name, and the English translation used in this article are largely meaningless.

Also, I don't like the translation "100 Peaks of Taiwan," which is not used in the article itself. The article uses the term "Baiyue," which is very confusing because Baiyue is commonly known as a translation for "百越 Hundred Yue," the ancient Chinese name for what is now Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangzhou provinces. Instead, I think the term "Hundred Mountains of Taiwan" is the best translation, and should be used in the article itself instead of "Baiyue." The character "嶽" is a reference to the 五岳 in Mainland China, which is usually translated as the "Five Sacred Mountains of China."

Finally, I recommend that the title of this article be renamed "Hundred Mountains of Taiwan" for consistency, and so that readers can find it more easily. See also the Wikipedia article for 百家姓 Hundred Family Surnames.

Winston Ho 何嶸 (talk) 15:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Some Chinese translations are not accurate

• "is a list of one hundred mountains" => "is a list of one hundred mountain peaks".
• "...chosen ... from mountains" => "...chosen ... from mountain peaks".
• "There are actually over 260 mountains over 3,000 meters in Taiwan" => "...260 mountain peaks...".
• "the Five Mountains, Three Peaks, and One Miracle 五嶽三尖一奇" => 五嶽: "Five Greats"; 三尖: Three Points/Spires; 一奇: One Strange/Odd/Ogre.
• 1. Yushan, 2. Xueshan, 6. Xiuguluanshan, 8. Nanhudashan, 90. Beidawushan: Five mountains 五嶽 => Five Greats.
• 1. Yushan, 2. Xueshan, 62. Nenggaoshan: Three Peaks 三高 => Three Highs.
• Level Nine 九平 (confused with the 9th level of a computer game, no?) => Flat Nine.
• 10. Central Range Point => Central Point/Spire, 28. Dabajianshan, 74. Dafenjianshan: Three Peaks => Three Points/Spires. I prefer "Spire" than "Point"(eg Bugaboo Spires in Canada).
• 16. Qilaishan North Peak: Ominous One 一奇 => strange/odd/ogre.
• Simple Six => Easy Six. Contiguous Six => Six Shoulders.

210.63.204.61 (talk) 07:49, 10 December 2021 (UTC)