Comments on Pandion Blog: Call for Transliteration of "Pandion" Name

Thanks! That looks identical to the string that wa...

2009-12-08T01:41:23.952+01:00

Thanks! That looks identical to the string that was suggested to me earlier: http://github.com/pandion/pandion/blob/b582d980d7acbd4150da59fd15ec9e2585c34290/Client/settings/brand.xml#L10
Glad to have a confirmation.

If you're still looking for Japanese: パンディオン

2009-12-08T00:31:23.917+01:00

If you're still looking for Japanese: パンディオン

I've heard that Google Chrome transliterated its n...

2009-11-16T20:25:37.121+01:00

I've heard that Google Chrome transliterated its name into Chinese. Not sure if this was the mainland version or SG/TW/HK.

Business cards also often have names of companies and people in both western alphabet and the local script, usually on either side of the card. I've personally seen this practice with Japanese, Indian and Chinese companies.

In any case, if the software UI text is displayed in a particular script then the name should also be in the same script. The user should not be expected to understand more than one script.

So anyway, do you know how to transliterate Pandion? :)

It's usually not general practice to transliterate...

2009-11-16T20:14:36.781+01:00

It's usually not general practice to transliterate a software product name in Chinese. (It *is* way more common in Japanese, though.)