How about Lv Xiao Xia Tu Qi PeiZhi Most chinese adopt an english name, I think the problem is like the previous poster said of having it everywhere. Sometimes they just adopt the name in their social context, sometimes nothing official but on email, cards, and nameplate, sometimes some official, sometimes fully accept it.
Dude, read what he said. He said that it is too much to expect asians to change their names to make it easier on Americans. He agrees with you.
wow talk about reactionary bleeding hearts. If anyone goes to PRC they will be given a chinese name. Your name their will have to be in a character and unlike pin yin for chinese names to move to english, the new name is in fact a NEW name.
That's a good question... what were you counting? Why should we care about how the PRC deals with foreign names? Are you saying we should be more like the PRC?
Expecting Googrux and whatever SuperBeeKay's latest name is (Mike Hunt?) to comprehend is asking quite a bit of them. I certainly never expect it.
Where'd you get this from? I know non-ethnic Chinese who have lived and worked in the PRC and they haven't gotten new names but had their names transliterated into Chinese characters.
i thought the new bigtexxx was above personal attacks...bummer. take care and have a great easter weekend.
Your reason can't be more moronic. 90% of people in China can't even pronounce all the 26 English alphabets. So there is actually a 'need' that the names of the foreigners over there have to be translated to Chinese. I don't think foreigners in China want to go around without anyone being able to pronounce their names. Do you? Can you even imagine how difficult it would be for their daily life? Just imagine what happen when they try to get a driver's license but the lady works at the counter can't even pronounce their name because it is in English. Think. But here in the US, the Asians do have their name in English already. Yes Truong (my last name) is an ethical Vietnamese but it is written in English alphabets already. So it is not like people can't even pronounce my name. Can you see the difference now?
They are new names. The "transliterated" you are talking about is a process that uses both sound and meaning. It is based on gender or just preference. Many names have no sound equivilent so they just make something up that works. It is a new name.
