Talk:Lake Dongting

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[edit] Naming

Lake Dongting seems far more natural in English than Dongting Lake. Lake Dongting looks like a literal-minded translation of the Chinese name (a case of bad translationese). However, a Google search reveals that Dongting Lake is much more popular!

Bathrobe 6 Jan 2006

Both naming conventions are acceptable in English. --Voidvector 20:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Google fight says Lake Dongting = 954; Dongting Lake = 115,000. I'd call that decisive. Ling.Nut 21:53, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Large lake?

I am not sure if this lake can still be considered a "large lake". Most of the lake surface has been reclaimed. --Voidvector 20:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)