@feld @tomscott @slowbikeiain not really...
Just because I can't read Chinese, Japanese or Thai doesn't mean someone's name is less genuine in those scripts than in phonetic script or any other scriptures like the western-latin we use here...
Same with last name systems like the icelandic -son / -dottir [son/daughter of] systems...
There ain't an authoritative aka. "correct" version, whether you like it or not.
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110876661761256261