Vocabulary Question

[novemberfog]

When I study books and write by hand, I use traditional characters. When I type on a computer, I use simplified characters because the input system is easier on Macintosh computers. So when writing Chinese, how does one express the following terms:

simplified characters

traditional characters

For example, if I wanted to say,

"I study modern chinese, but with traditional characters because I hope to read old folk tales one day."

How do I properly explain this? Thank you for your time and assistace.

[Quest]

繁体字/繁體字 traditional characters

简体字/簡體字 simplified characters

[HashiriKata]

Do you mean how to say simplified characters and traditional characters in Chinese? If that is correct, then I can help:

simplified characters = 简体字

traditional characters = 繁体字

PS: Quest just replied as I was typing. Anyway, you've got help!

[skylee]

Someone has kindly pointed out to me that traditional characters are also called 正體字 in Taiwan.

[jukebox]

正體字 should be considered as a contrasted word for 異體字. I feel that to use 正體字 would be very arrogant when referring to 繁體字(Traditional Chinese), though you can argue that a few simplified characters are actually 異體字/俗體字.