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That's true, although in Chinese these are official transliterations as Hanzi. I think if someone says Milan in English instead of Milano it's fine because the
by carlmr 5y ago
That's true, although in Chinese these are official transliterations as Hanzi.
I think if someone says Milan in English instead of Milano it's fine because the city has an English name as well.
- mc32 5y agoRight, often what they do is they try to find "close" syllables. Close is the wrong term as some are not close at all. Vancouver and Philadelphia for example. It's like taking Milano and cutting it up into Mil + Ano and saying, hmm, in English the closest syllables are approximately Mill + Anus, we'll call it Millanus, oh, but that's got a word we should avoid so let's call it MillLand. The point is, it's not wrong or bad for (any) people to get foreign words wrong when they pronounce them.