On 2011-11-27, at 2:23 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:

>> No, Jim and I did not invent the rules.
>
> I know.
>
> Rules in German are different (and I bet other languages use
> different rules yet).
>
> We'll see what can be done. I'll try to factor out the
> order to translators.

In China, people are referred to as

Surname Firstname

causing many westerners to misunderstand the name of the actress in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Zhang Ziyi

(first name = Ziyi) who, when she began working more with North American filmmakers, became better known as Ziyi Zhang.


Separately, one reason I believe that (in GNUmed) we came to the name display format

Surnames, Firstnames

is because the comma efficiently permits to distinguish a transition or separation.


One option for the display within GNUmed could be


Surnames, Firstnames, Title

Another could be a configurational item.

All of the above is separate from printing, wherein the distinct placeholder 'title' allows flexible placement.

-- jim
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