> It disregards the cultural history of names to suit what’s easiest for Western Europeans to understand. Personally, I wish that was done more often in Englis

> It disregards the cultural history of names to suit what’s easiest for Western Europeans to understand. Personally, I wish that was done more often in English. It doesn't make a damn bit of sense to wantonly import unmodified foreign orthography from on language into another. English is bad enough as it is. Word order and spelling (even for names) should be adapted to the rules of the language being spoken.