Regulations of Translating the Standardized Geographic Names Article 2

Phonetic translation shall be used primarily for the translation of standardized geographic names.When the standardized geographic name contains an attribute name, the English semantic translation shall be used for the attribute name.If the attribute name and the standardized geographic name are seen as a whole to form a term, then the phonetic translation shall be used for its translation.The attribute name in the preceding paragraph refers to the name describing the attribution of the standardized geographic name.
中文原文 標準地名譯寫準則第2條
標準地名之譯寫,以音譯為原則。
標準地名含有屬性名稱時,該屬性名稱採英文意譯方式譯寫。
屬性名稱與標準地名整體視為一專有名稱時,仍採音譯方式譯寫。
前項屬性名稱,指描述標準地名性質之名稱。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.