Guest julien Posted January 15, 2004 at 03:59 PM Report Posted January 15, 2004 at 03:59 PM Hi, I am working on a french computer software so it can work on chinese computers. When printing document, we put the name of people. In french, the order is civility, first name and then family name. For example : Mr John Smith Is there an usual order in chinese ? Thanks for your help. PS : I don't speak a word of chinese, only french or english. Sorry. Quote
confucius Posted January 15, 2004 at 07:14 PM Report Posted January 15, 2004 at 07:14 PM In Chinese, Family Name is followed by First Name. For example: Mr. Mao Zedong would be Monsieur Zedong Mao in French. Quote
Guest julien Posted January 16, 2004 at 08:17 AM Report Posted January 16, 2004 at 08:17 AM Thnak you for your help. Quote
Haizi Posted January 18, 2004 at 11:15 AM Report Posted January 18, 2004 at 11:15 AM In Chinese' date=' Family Name is followed by First Name.For example: Mr. Mao Zedong would be Monsieur Zedong Mao in French.[/quote'] If it is really in Chinese, then the order should be Mao Zedong Mr. (Say you are making a localized version of your mail-merge software in Chinese.) Quote
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