Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: [OT] Chinese given names (was: call function for times with different types) Followup-To: alt.chinese.text Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 01:40:49 +0200 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 25 Message-ID: <1539570.9XgXjDoHMo@PointedEars.de> References: <1c60d2a4-3634-4cae-ad31-dc2d38cc911c@googlegroups.com> <1599457.KEItprr6EY@PointedEars.de> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1409096450 10522 eJwNyMEBwCAIA8CVpIQo4yiS/Uew97xwGmuCQYRCZLpMiTyrm9dRHHtafrpApFD6p/c40prxABmMEVA= (26 Aug 2014 23:40:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:40:50 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.13.3 X-User-ID: eJwNyUkBwDAIBEBL4SZyCLD+JbTzHRMn71A3V4Nhhg6GRRN3A0V3+O/MgawxbbHQW6+Wx743pY/aqbYo1M4HZ3gWTQ== Cancel-Lock: sha1:nlh9IT65uX9JOSOylBFS6+XM3Qk= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwFwQcBwEAIBDBLUDiGHJ7hX0ITiLG1q8EUh0uZKcYktTvdqO5usxMZx1d6kfvmIh5KR/IHJDgRbg== Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:25737 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > However, since English, not Chinese, has become the /lingua franca/ of > computer science (and technology in general), it is be prudent to specify > the Hanyu Pinyin transcription of the name as well (or instead of the real > name) in this international newsgroup. In this case, with Google > Translate recognizing the name as Chinese, it would probably be “Wu Xi > Hao” (as suggested there). “Wu” being a common Chinese family name, it > would be customary to write “WU Xi Hao” to signify that. I have just learned that although there are three characters (吳晞浩), the pinyin romanization should not be written “Wu Xi Hao”, but (without tone marks) probably “Wu Xihao” or “Wu Xiao”. Another possibility is the older Wade-Giles system, in which it could be (without tone marks) „Wu Xi-Hao“. F'up2 alt.chinese.text -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.