Otto Stolz scripsit:
> Btw., German law entitles
> every natural person to demand his/her name to be spelled correctly
> -- and even if there is no legal title, courtesy demands to spell
> people's names correctly.
This seems a little extreme. When a Chinese person visits Germany, is
he entitled to insist on having his name appear in official paperwork
with three ideographs, not necessarily standard ones? When a Chinese
person in China is mentioned in the newspapers, is it rude to use a
transliteration?
--
John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
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