Published in 1908, a rare dictionary of the Buyi language---Essai de dictionnaire dioi-français reproduisant la langue parlée par les tribus Thai de la Haute rivière de l'Ouest (布法辞典)---compiled by two French missionaries (Joseph Esquirol & Gustave Williatte) has long been slated for translation into Chinese. Attempts were made to complete the project in the late 1970s and again in 1989, … Continue reading Translation of Century-old French-Buyi Dictionary Dogged by Concerns over Political Correctness →