2016年12月7日星期三

(六)电子计算机出现后展开的汉字出路的新争论. New Arguments on the Way Out of Chinese Characters after the Emergence of Electronic Computers.

  (六)电子计算机出现后展开的汉字出路的
    新争论.


西方的拼音文字由字母组成,而且西方人使用键盘打字机已有很久的历史,因此计算机输入没有障碍。而汉字是方块字,每个字都不同,而且中国人也没有使用键盘的传统,因此计算机的输入问题阻碍了计算机在中国的普及和发展。
1978年,上海电工仪器研究所部工程师支秉彝创造了一种“见字识码”法,并被上海市内电话局采用,从而使率先使计算机的汉字输入进入了实用阶段。“见字识码”用26个拉丁字母进行编码,以4个拉丁字母表示一个汉字。这种编码方案建立在字音和字形的双重关系上,见字就能识码,见字就能打码,不必死记硬背。由于每个汉字的字码是固定的,就给计算机码的存贮和软件的应带来很大方便。这种编码曾得到一定程度的应用,为建立中文计算机网络和数据库打开了大门,并使建立在电子计算机基础上的照相排版印刷的自动化得以实现。
但是,使汉字输入技术真正达到普及化,实用化的,是由王永民发明的“五笔字型”输入法。这是一种真正达到成熟阶段的汉字编码方案。
1984年9月,五笔字型汉字编码输入法在联合国做操作演示,达到每分钟输入120个字的速度,每个汉字及词组的输入最多4键,从此,计算机的汉字输入问题得到了根本的解决。此后,汉字输入技术的发展越来越先进,但都是利用西文电脑键盘为汉字编制代码,输入代码就相应完成了汉字的输入。

现有的汉字编码已有四五百种之多,主要可分为形码、声码和形声码。五笔字型是形码,它把汉字分解为若干字根,分别由字母代表;声码则是根据汉语拼音制作的编码,如双拼双音输入法;形声码是把形码和声码的特点结合起来,将字根转换成拼音进行编码,兼有两者的优长。汉字编码正朝着日趋简化的方向发展,语音识别输入技术已逐渐趋于完善,并得到应用,使汉字电脑输入变得越来越容易。由于汉字有数万之众,为了不占用计算机的内存空间,于是出现了将汉字资源做成硬件的汉卡汉卡能使计算机达到与处理英文同等的效率。80年代初的汉卡又笨又大,后来采用超大规模集成电路,浓缩度达到几万分之一。汉卡的微型化为微型计算机的多功能化提供了条件。

可是,中国语文学界的「大师」和「宗师」在二十世纪八十年代与国际舆论相呼应:

1 认为「电子计算机是汉字的掘墓人」,「汉字行将就木」。吕叔湘先生于198336日重申他过去的、一贯的关于汉字落后论和汉字拉丁化优越论的主张。
2 他说:「拼音文字能机械化,汉字不能机械化」(《吕叔湘文集》第四卷91页);
3 「汉字加文言,配合封建社会加官僚政治,拼音加语体文配合工业化社会加民主政治——这是现代化的两个方面。」(《吕叔湘文集》第四卷116页);
4 汉字书法「这一项艺术注定了要衰落」,汉字「现在通行的老宋体(其实是明朝后期才有的),实在丑得可以,倒是外国印书的abcd,有时候还倒真有很美的字体呢。」(《吕叔湘文集》第四卷113页)。
5 他的结论就是汉字不能面向世界,面向未来和面向现代化。 (参见《吕叔湘文集》第四卷134138页)
6 中国汉字拉丁化的权威刊物《语文现代化》丛刊1980年第一期宣告:「方块汉字在电子计算机上遇到的困难,好像一个行将就木的衰老病人」,「历史将证明:电子计算机是方块汉字的掘墓人,也是汉语拼音文字的助产士。」 

这种争论,现在应该可以告一段落了.自2006年开始,随着微软的Surface平板电脑的问世,人机交互方式发生了巨大的变革。一种接近人类日常沟通模式的人机交互模式已经大量应用于最新的科技产品之中。新的汉字构造分解技术,中文智能输入的已有积累,中文字体的表现力,中文手写的安全性等方面都远远超越了英文,中文输入的方便开始出现明显超越的趋势。第二代象形输入法也开始在新产品中应用,其输入效率通过基本的适应期之后,已经可以超越了原有的所有输入法。 (资料引自百度文章)

 结论是:
电子计算机不是汉字的掘墓人,「汉字不可能行将就木」。
中文字体的表现力,中文手写的安全性等方面都远远超越了英文,
汉字能面向世界,面向未来和面向现代化。
汉字书法「这一项艺术注定不会衰落」,汉字不丑,汉字的书法艺术将永葆青春.


(6) New Arguments on the Way Out of Chinese Characters after the Emergence of Electronic Computers.

Western phonetic alphabet consists of letters, and Westerners use the keyboard typewriter has a long history, so there is no obstacle to computer input. The Chinese characters are box words, each word is different, and the Chinese people do not use the keyboard tradition, so the computer's input problem hindered the computer in China's popularity and development.
In 1978, the Shanghai Institute of Electrical Equipment Research Branch Bing Bing Yi created a "see the word code" method, and by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of telephone use, so that the first computer to enter the Chinese character into the practical stage. "See the code" with 26 Latin alphabet encoding, with 4 Latin letters that a Chinese character. This encoding scheme is based on the dual relationship between phonetic and glyphs, which can be read by the word, and can be encoded without a rote. As the characters of each character is fixed, give the computer code storage and software should bring great convenience. This code has been applied to a certain extent, for the establishment of Chinese computer networks and databases to open the door, and to build on the basis of computer-based phototypesetting printing automation can be achieved.
However, the Chinese character input technology to achieve universal popularity, practical, is invented by Wang Yongmin, "Wubi" input method. This is a really mature stage of the Chinese character encoding scheme.
In September 1984, Wubi character encoding input method in the United Nations to do the operation demonstration, up to 120 words per minute input speed, each character and phrase input up to 4 key, since then, the computer's Chinese input problem has been fundamental solve. Since then, the development of Chinese character input technology more and more advanced, but are using Western computer keyboard for Chinese character code, enter the code corresponding to the completion of the input of Chinese characters.

Existing Chinese character coding has four or five hundred as much as the main can be divided into shape code, vocoding and vocoding. Wubi is the shape code, which is divided into a number of Chinese characters root, respectively, represented by the letter; voice code is produced according to the Chinese Pinyin coding, such as Shuangpin two-tone input method; shape code is the code and vocoding Combined with the characteristics of the root will be converted to Pinyin encoding, both the strengths and weaknesses. Chinese character encoding is moving in the direction of simplification, voice recognition input technology has gradually become more perfect, and be applied to the Chinese computer input becomes more and more easy. As tens of thousands of Chinese characters of the public, in order not to occupy the computer's memory space, so there will be made of Chinese characters hardware hardware card. Hanka enables computers to achieve the same efficiency as English. The early 80s of the Han card is stupid and large, and later the use of VLSI, condensed to reach a few thousandths. The miniaturization of Hanka provides the conditions for the versatility of microcomputers.

However, the "master" and "master" of the Chinese language profession echoed international public opinion in the 1980s:
1 that "electronic computer is the gravedigger of Chinese characters," "Chinese characters will be on the wood." Mr. Lu Shuxiang on March 6, 1983 to reiterate his past, has always been on the backwardness of Chinese characters and Latin characters of the superiority of the idea.
He said: "Pinyin text can be mechanized, Chinese characters can not be mechanized" ("Lu Shuxiang Collection" fourth volume 91);
3 "Chinese characters plus language, with the feudal society and bureaucratic politics, Pinyin plus language and culture with the industrial society and democratic politics - this is the modernization of two aspects." ("Lu Shuxiang" Volume IV 116);
4 Chinese character calligraphy "This art is doomed to decline," the Chinese characters "now popular old Times (in fact, only the late Ming Dynasty), it is ugly, it touches the foreign seal a, b, c, d, And sometimes it is a beautiful font. "(" Lu Shuxiang anthology "fourth volume 113 pages).
5 His conclusion is that Chinese characters can not face the world, face the future and face modernization. (See "Lu Shuxiang Collection" Volume IV, pages 134-138)
6 The first edition of the Chinese Language Modernization Series published in 1980, "The Difficulty of Block Chinese Characters on Computers," is like an aging patient. "History will prove that electronic computers are square Chinese characters The grave-digger, and also the midwife of the Chinese phonetic alphabet. "

Since 2006, with the advent of Microsoft's Tablet PC, the way human-computer interaction has undergone tremendous changes, and it is now possible to come to an end. A human-computer interaction model, which is close to the daily human communication model, has been widely used in the latest technology products. Chinese character input decomposition has been accumulated, the Chinese character expression, the safety of Chinese handwriting and other aspects are far beyond the English, Chinese input convenience began to appear significantly beyond the trend. Second-generation pictographic input method is also beginning to apply in the new product, the input efficiency through the basic adaptation period, has been able to go beyond the original all the input method.  (Information from Baidu article)
 The conclusion is:
1 electronic computer is not the grave digger, "Chinese characters can not be about to wood."
2 Chinese character expression, the safety of Chinese handwriting, etc. are far beyond the English,
2 Chinese characters can face the world, facing the future and facing the modernization.

3 Chinese calligraphy "This art is doomed not to decline", Chinese characters are not ugly, Chinese calligraphy art will forever youth.

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