A: From the standpoint of Western sinologists, of course there has to be acceptance of diversity, and experimentation with and comparison between many different methods. However, for the sake of convenience, various countries developed their own spelling systems for Chinese according to the different phonetic values of letters in their own languages. For instance, there are great differences between the French, German and Russian systems.
答：以西方漢學家的立場而言，當然必須兼容並蓄，多方嘗試比較，但是為了方便起見，各國有其適應字母發音特色所發展出來的一套拼音方式，例如，法國、德國和俄國的便有很大差別。