Talk:Meal for Three

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The result of the move request was: moved to Meal for Three. All other suggestions will be created as redirects. Jenks24 (talk) 07:07, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

三人套餐 → ? – The present title is in Chinese. It should be replaced by a pinyin transcription or something. Relisted. BDD (talk) 16:48, 22 October 2012 (UTC) --Stefan2 (talk) 22:17, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pinyin is "Sān Rén Tàocān". It means "Meal for Three," as in a package deal such as might appear on a menu. It's a three-boy band, so perhaps we are to think that they eat together at restaurants that offer special discounts to three-person groups. Kauffner (talk) 09:39, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

When Chinese names are transliterated into English, they follow pinyin rules, but the tone marks are omitted. So, it would be "Sanren Taocan". Shrigley (talk) 20:40, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think Meal for Three is better per WP:ENGLISH. --Il223334234 (talk) 07:56, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Relisting comment That this article should be moved is fairly obvious, but the destination remains unclear. WP:NC-CHINA suggests Hanyu Pinyin without tone marks generally, but does that mean San Ren Taocan or Sanren Taocan? Or should we attempt to translate? How is the album referred to in reliable English-language sources? --BDD (talk) 16:48, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- As Googling shows it is more normal in the ether to have "San Ren Tao Can" even though Taocan (set meal) should really be a single word. But then people break up words wrongly all the time in pinyin. Personally San Ren Taocan would be preferable even though wp would be the only place having it. In ictu oculi (talk) 01:47, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Basic Rules of Hanyu Pinyin Orthography (Summary) from Pinyin.info. Double sharp (talk) 08:32, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Which indicates 6.4 Numbers and Measure Words are separated: and I would feel also supports San Ren Taocan. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:11, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

But there's no measure word in the phrase (otherwise it would be san ge ren). Also, cf. Siren bang, i.e. the Gang of Four. — AjaxSmack 00:11, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The New Paper gives the subject as "Meal for Three," confirming my homespun translation above. Kauffner (talk) 16:25, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Since there is no standard on how to split the words in pinyin, Meal for Three seems less confusing.--Michaela den (talk) 10:19, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Straits Times[edit]

My fault for having ignored http://rockon2011.wordpress.com/category/the-newpaper/page/68/ as a source in the above without comment. If we're going to use English rather than pinyin then the release of the record was announced in The Straits Times: Short Spins Afternoon Edition, 4 December 2009 "SET MEAL FOR THREE, Mi Lv Bing, Dragon One Entertainment/Red Planet" - I don't know what this wordpress.com source is but The NewPaper, tng.com http://www.tnp.sg/search/node/%22meal%20for%20three%22 shows no sign of an article. In ictu oculi (talk) 03:57, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]