Because many simplified characters violate established principles of character formation and have no logic or rule behind them, Professor Ptak cannot bear the sight of them. He is firmly opposed to the simplification of Chinese characters.
尤其不少簡體字根本違反造字原則，毫無邏輯規章，在譚克所長看來簡直是慘不忍睹，所以他堅決反對中文簡體化。