The MBTA's new ticket vending machines...

[randomness]

...have three language options: English, Español, and 中文 (Zhōngwén--Chinese). If you choose the last option, the screen displays in 簡体字 (jiǎntǐzì--simplified characters).

Moreover, if you then hit the button for the audible option, it speaks to you in 普通话 (Pǔtōnghuà--Standard Mandarin)!

I like it.

(However, I'm surprised that other languages--Portuguese in particular--aren't offered.)

Comments

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I did think the combination they chose was interesting. Not necessarily wrong, although you could argue for both traditional characters and Cantonese, but significant.

I'm not sure the MBTA is fully aware of the significance, though. :)