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Lake Dongting seems far more natural in English than Dongting Lake. Lake Dongting looks like a literal-minded translation of the Chinese name (a case of bad translationese). However, a Google search reveals that Dongting Lake is much more popular!
Bathrobe 6 Jan 2006
I am not sure if this lake can still be considered a "large lake". Most of the lake surface has been reclaimed. -- Voidvector 20:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 18:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Lake Dongting →
Dongting Lake — per above --
TrueColour (
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02:34, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
This is a menu item in many Chinese restaurants. No doubt it's named after this lake. Right? Kostaki mou ( talk) 21:45, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
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Lake Dongting seems far more natural in English than Dongting Lake. Lake Dongting looks like a literal-minded translation of the Chinese name (a case of bad translationese). However, a Google search reveals that Dongting Lake is much more popular!
Bathrobe 6 Jan 2006
I am not sure if this lake can still be considered a "large lake". Most of the lake surface has been reclaimed. -- Voidvector 20:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was page moved. Vegaswikian ( talk) 18:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Lake Dongting →
Dongting Lake — per above --
TrueColour (
talk)
02:34, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
This is a menu item in many Chinese restaurants. No doubt it's named after this lake. Right? Kostaki mou ( talk) 21:45, 16 February 2017 (UTC)