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In Germany, transliterations are widespread and officially accepted. Ö=OE, Ä=AE, Ü=UE, ß=SS makes it fine to write Hübner as Huebner even in the passport and ot
by ktpsns 8y ago
In Germany, transliterations are widespread and officially accepted. Ö=OE, Ä=AE, Ü=UE, ß=SS makes it fine to write Hübner as Huebner even in the passport and other official documents. I wonder why other countries do not allow transliterations as a legal way to deal with anglo-centric character sets?
- wink 8y agoNot sure what the official stance is, but people with Turkish names seem to (often?) transliterate ü = u, ö => o, as seen for example at https://twitter.com/mesutozil1088 https://twitter.com/mesutozil1088 and https://twitter.com/ismail_kupeli https://twitter.com/ismail_kupeli - not sure about Swedes.
- thedailymail 8y agoRomanization/anglicization can be tough for many languages. Thai for example has vowels that do not have an equivalent in English, and presents the added difficulty of being tonal, which means even if the pronunciation is anglicized, the tonality will be lost. Former example, the name of the former king of Thailand was typically written "Bhumibol Adulyadej" but the pronunciation is closer to the alternate "Phumiphon Adunyadet" and neither really hits all the notes in the way it actually sounds when spoken (although I admit I can't think of a better way to write it in the English alphabet). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Bhumibol_Adulyadej.ogg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Bhumibol...