My name
Still thinking about the experience in the Job Centre Plus.
I don't like to transfer my Chinese name into English. It never sounds right. Being in the UK, I have to transfer my Chinese name into English. I don't like it. I think my Chinese name is beautiful only when it is written in Chinese. When presenting it in English, it really means nothing in literature but a way to draw my attention... When turning it into English, calling my name is no longer a nice way to draw my attention...
Having the thoughts that English speakers are ethnocentric, I think that I am ethnocentric, too... How can it be possible to expect all the people I meet in the UK to be able to speak Chinese and pronounce my name nicely before they meet me? This is an argument that can be very frustrating if I really want to make a fuss about it...
Leave it...
posted by Tsai-Wei Chen @ 11:57 am
3 Comments
3 Comments:
My name is Elicia. I'm an American and guess what, no one can say my name properly either!
I tell you this for two reasons. 1) its not just your name American's can't seem to say and
2) "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - Shakespere. This has become my motto.
i agree! i hate that they think my translated english name is my real name. i also make myself an english name in fact u know!
oh yea hi stranger i just happened to find out ur nice sound works from the music dept of goldsmiths where im studying now....
Thank you all for the messages. To say 'tsai', you can say 'zai'. Hope this helps! ^_^
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