[KS] Revised Romanization [system ]of Korean and U.S. university presses

[Charles Muller]

On 2014年01月25日 00:38, Robinson, Michael E. wrote:

> My understanding is the RR is accepted as is
> McCune-Reischauer....it's more up to the author.  More
> importantly, it's up to the author to monitor the use and
> consistency of any system used.  The Presses just don't know how
> to nor can they sometimes recognize or care about sloppy,
> unsystematic, idiosyncratic, made-up usage.

I recently made an agreement to publish a book with a major 
university press. As a user of RR, I wanted to confirm in advance 
that I would be able to use my manuscript as-is. I was told that as 
long as I use an officially-documented system consistently and 
accurately, it wouldn't matter.

This is, of course, the way it should be. I mean, when it comes to 
the transcription of Sanskrit, Tibetan, and other languages, what 
the publishers care most about is consistency--not adherence to any 
particular system.

Regards,

Chuck

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