Comments on: How well does your baby’s name translate? http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/12/11/how-well-does-your-babys-name-translate/ Adventures in web and mobile globalization Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Midgehttp://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/12/11/how-well-does-your-babys-name-translate/comment-page-1/#comment-36289 Midge Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:15:28 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2520#comment-36289 This is a very interesting post...I'm curious as to how "Midge" translates (well, it's odd enough in English for most people), but not for £1,000! But it does make you think... This is a very interesting post…I’m curious as to how “Midge” translates (well, it’s odd enough in English for most people), but not for £1,000!

But it does make you think…

]]> By: MBMhttp://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/12/11/how-well-does-your-babys-name-translate/comment-page-1/#comment-35847 MBM Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:36:06 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2520#comment-35847 Unfortunately this is no help to the thousands of people who are born with unfortunately unglobalizable surnames like "de Cock" (Dutch). I have a theory that for any name in any language, there's at last one other language in which it sounds funny. Unfortunately this is no help to the thousands of people who are born with unfortunately unglobalizable surnames like “de Cock” (Dutch).

I have a theory that for any name in any language, there’s at last one other language in which it sounds funny.

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