Name Translation Manual for English Names (Second Revised Edition) (Second Revised Edition)

Author: Xinhua News Agency Name Data Group
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Publish Date: 1985-08-01
Features: The translated names in this manual are applicable to all English-speaking countries and ethnic groups. Today, the composition of ethnic groups in English-speaking countries is complex, especially in the United States, where a large number of people from non-English backgrounds have been naturalized as local citizens. However, the spelling and pronunciation of their original surnames vary: some have been anglicized, while others still retain their original ethnic characteristics. Regarding the Chinese translation of these names, this manual strives to refer to the phonetic information from English and American name dictionaries and pronunciation dictionaries. For foreign names without phonetic information, those with obvious ethnic characteristics are translated into Chinese based on the original ethnic pronunciation, while others are handled according to English pronunciation conventions.