Latin script may be so bewildering you know. Reading a Hungarian or a Polish name in Latin may require knowing the orthography rules of those languages; and for reading an English name one may need to ask the bearer for the pronunciation :) And probably just IPA would be easier, though, yes, awkward too.
Viatcheslav (the official latin scrypt form, of which „t“ reminds about the earlier tradition of French latinization). 12.08.2011, 01:28, "KIZU Naoko" <[email protected]>: > As Tom said, it works for IPA savvy, but I'm afraid every Wikipedia > has a full set of articles on every IPA symbols. Considering the fact > most of states regulates the name of passport holder is printed in > Latin alphabet, transcription in Latin scripts may work more > practically than IPA in regard of international characteristics of the > event. > > Showing local names is nice, and sometimes I did so with my hand > writing, on the other hand as discussed earlier on foundation-l, we > need to encourage participants to use both each local language and a > certain lingua franca in our global community, and the latter is, at > this moment and for Wikimania particularly, transliteration in latin > script I assume. > > 2011/8/11 Иванов Вячеслав <[email protected]>: > >> IPA would do better than "English" approximations usually do :) >> >> Viatcheslav >> >> 11.08.2011, 02:00, "Thomas Dalton" <[email protected]>: >>> 2011/8/10 KIZU Naoko <[email protected]>: >>>> Also, even if an option, I prefer to see a latenized name along in >>>> their original script. Either printed or handwriting. In other words >>>> in East Asia the local may often be referred in their original names, >>>> specially they are active in that area. I suppose same may happen in >>>> other linguistic group dominating areas, but I might be wrong. >>> That's a good point. I spoke to one Israeli Wikimedian over lunch that >>> only had his name in Hebrew script on his badge, which was no use to >>> me. A transliteration into the Latin alphabet would have been very >>> helpful. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- > KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 > member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
