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Lessing-Othmer
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<p>Lessing-Othmer is a <a href="/facts/Romanization_of_Chinese/KUKnt9uq">romanization</a> of <a href="/facts/Mandarin_Chinese/yxvDg67C">Mandarin</a> <a href="/facts/Chinese_language/771ruUY1">Chinese</a> that was introduced by F. Lessing [de] and Dr. W. Othmer, who in 1912 printed their book „Lehrgang der nordchinesischen Umgangssprache“ („Course in the North Chinese Colloquial Language“) through the „Deutsch-Chinesische Druckerei und Verlagsanstalt“ in <a href="/facts/Qingdao/5BjM20Ju">Qingdao</a> while it was a <a href="/facts/Kiautschou_Bay_concession/tKw1jYGF">German colony</a>. </p><p>In 1979, the State Council of the People's Republic of China for Romanization ruled that translations of foreign-language publications should utilize Lessing-Othmer romanization in <a href="/facts/List_of_territorial_entities_where_German_is_an_official_language/amtemvdH">German-speaking countries</a>, and <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">Pinyin</a> in English-speaking countries. </p>