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台灣的人名、地名翻譯成英文，一律都是用威妥瑪拼音拼寫的嗎？
台灣的人名、地名翻譯成英文，一律都是用威妥瑪拼音拼寫的嗎？
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大多都是，但有些歷史上的翻譯會沿用，如位在高雄的國立中山大學和臺北國父紀念館的英文名字都是Sun Yat-sen，中正紀念堂是Chiang Kai-shek；地名的部分也有淡水Tamsui、太魯閣Taroko等來自不同語言不同時期的翻譯。
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