mungalo9 t1_j4naxlj wrote on January 16, 2023 at 10:38 PM

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Chinese names can be really hard to pronounce for westerners. Especially since pinyin doesn't translate to English pronunciation 1:1. it's often easier to give a new name rather than have your name mispronounced for the rest of your life

StatisticianLivid710 t1_j4p6iyb wrote on January 17, 2023 at 7:40 AM

This, I’ve made an effort to learn how to pronounce Chinese names, but will call them their western names if they prefer. Sadly company I was working for required their legal names as opposed to their western names, but since they didn’t have middle names on ID I would put their western name as the middle name for east recall