Professor Ptak says, "Although our departmental library contains classical works published in simplified-character editions, we cannot give up traditional characters. I expect students in the Chinese department to continue to use both kinds of characters and to have a good grasp of both. Unless they are able to read classical works and pre-modern primary sources, how can they pursue scholarship?
譚克教授指出：「我們系上雖然也有改寫成簡體字的古書，但『棄繁從簡』是不可能的，我要求漢學系學生繼續簡繁並用，掌握兩種字體，否則無法看古書原籍，如何作學問？」