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Re: Lukashenka (jara: Country names still needed)

From:Muke Tever <muke@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 13, 2003, 21:10
From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>
> Names in foreign alphabets are always a problem-- do you do a straight > transliteration? if so, which system do you use? or do you transcribe them > so as to be pronounceable by the average reader???
I think the normal practice is to do a transliteration (by whatever system you choose to use...), until/unless you have on record the way the person in question spells it in English use... Even then it may not take hold. cf. http://slate.msn.com/id/2057710/ *Muke! -- http://www.frath.net/

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