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Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by tomjen3 on Friday October 22, 2021 @02:33AM (#28954262)
You can't convert all names to English anyway, because there are sounds in some languages that do not exist in English.

I am Danish, and have yet to hear anybody not a Dane pronounce Søren Kierkegaard[0] correct. I wouldn't have a clue how to rewrite the name so that it becomes more clear.

[0]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Da-S%C3%...

Re:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died by Koshkin on Sunday October 24, 2021 @10:42PM (#28984002)
But the pronunciation does not have to be correct. The way similar words (and names) are pronounced in a given language is a matter of that language alone. You cannot demand that a Chinese student must pronounce the name as a Dane would; you cannot require that a Russian student knows and uses the original spelling, either. So, Sorren Quirky Guard is the best I can do; my preference, of course, would be to have a more correct sounding "native" spelling that an English speaking person would be able to read.