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No thanks, I'd prefer to keep my name the way I identify with it. I'd only do it when a name's original script is not legible to the populace of the residing cu

by vsnf 3y ago

No thanks, I'd prefer to keep my name the way I identify with it. I'd only do it when a name's original script is not legible to the populace of the residing culture.

medo-bear 3y ago
Do you identify more with how your name is spoken or how its read?
mc32 3y ago
People are too attached. If you move to Japan of China you will have to transliterate your name or adopt a local name. Unless you’re Japanese or Chinese there is no way around it. I love localized names. So I like what the Serbians did for Steve here. In any event it’s his name but it’s their language and they get to spell it according to their transliteration rules.
- vsnf 3y ago
  >If you move to Japan of China you will have to transliterate your name or adopt a local name. I can't speak for China, but I can speak for Japan. I occasionally transliterate my name for one reason or another, but 99% of the time I'm rocking my name the way I identify with it. Don't mistake me for not participating the local culture. I speak the language, the government (city and federal), and my employer, a local firm, all use my latin name on all official documents and informal communications. My coworkers and friends will usually use my latin spelling as well. Bear in mind, these are usually mixed-provenance sentences where they'll switch to latin for my name in the middle of an otherwise fully native sentence. I'm happy to transliterate it when the situation calls for it but I'd prefer it not be forced on me if it can be helped. To answer a sibling comment, do I identify it more spoken or written, I would say the written form. I'm tolerant of accents, foreign languages with separate syllabaries, verbal typos, and other such errata, so I don't really care strongly how my name is pronounced as long as an earnest attempt is made.

4 ms·

No thanks, I'd prefer to keep my name the way I identify with it. I'd only do it when a name's original script is not legible to the populace of the residing cu

by vsnf 3y ago

No thanks, I'd prefer to keep my name the way I identify with it. I'd only do it when a name's original script is not legible to the populace of the residing culture.

medo-bear 3y ago
Do you identify more with how your name is spoken or how its read?
mc32 3y ago
People are too attached. If you move to Japan of China you will have to transliterate your name or adopt a local name. Unless you’re Japanese or Chinese there is no way around it. I love localized names. So I like what the Serbians did for Steve here. In any event it’s his name but it’s their language and they get to spell it according to their transliteration rules.
- vsnf 3y ago
  >If you move to Japan of China you will have to transliterate your name or adopt a local name. I can't speak for China, but I can speak for Japan. I occasionally transliterate my name for one reason or another, but 99% of the time I'm rocking my name the way I identify with it. Don't mistake me for not participating the local culture. I speak the language, the government (city and federal), and my employer, a local firm, all use my latin name on all official documents and informal communications. My coworkers and friends will usually use my latin spelling as well. Bear in mind, these are usually mixed-provenance sentences where they'll switch to latin for my name in the middle of an otherwise fully native sentence. I'm happy to transliterate it when the situation calls for it but I'd prefer it not be forced on me if it can be helped. To answer a sibling comment, do I identify it more spoken or written, I would say the written form. I'm tolerant of accents, foreign languages with separate syllabaries, verbal typos, and other such errata, so I don't really care strongly how my name is pronounced as long as an earnest attempt is made.