Roman alphabet

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happens because most Chinese people use electronic input systems based on Pinyin, which translates Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet.
中國的學者指出，“提筆忘字”的情況會發生是因爲大部分中國人使用的電子設備輸入法都是拼音輸入法，所有漢字都通過字母來輸入。
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The 26 inherently meaningless letters of the Roman alphabet suited the technology perfectly, and within three decades there were print shops in every corner of the continent.
26個生來沒意義的羅馬字母完美地配郃了這項技術，在三十年內整個歐洲大陸的每個角落都有了印刷店。
Chinese boffins say that character amnesia happens because most Chinese people use electronic input systems based on Pinyin, which translates Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet。
中國的學者指出，“提筆忘字”的情況會發生是因爲大部分中國人使用的電子設備輸入法都是拼音輸入法，所有漢字都通過字母來輸入。
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Not many countries need ingenuity as much as Japan: kanji characters each need twice as much capacity as the roman alphabet.
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And the introduction by a French missionary of a system for transliterating Vietnamese into the roman alphabet played a great role in unifying the country.
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the alphabet used for writing most western European languages, including English

The Roman alphabet is the alphabet that was used by the Romans in ancient times and that is used for writing most western European languages, including English.