Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe...
by david-gpu on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:12AM
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> Right, so your Firstname is A and your Lastname is D. There's no ambiguity there.
You are offering your own unique technical solution to a cultural problem that has already been solved, and while I admire your confidence, I must explain why it is incorrect.
I don't have a "last name", I have two surnames. The notion of "last name" implicitly assumes that there is one and only one surname.
As I already hinted at, people in Spain customarily use their first surname as their "last name". That's why 90% of communications address me as A C, even while living in Canada.
It is my understanding that the same rule is used in all of Latin America, including Brazil.
Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe...
by tremon on Friday September 01, 2023 @10:47AM
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No, their full family name is C D. If you must abbreviate it, the correct address would be Sr C, not Sr D. There is no way that entering D in a "last name" field would be correct unless you're aiming for passive aggressive obstinacy.
To take a famous example: the full name of Rafael Nadal is Rafael Nadal Parera: one given name and two surnames, with the first surname taking precedence.
> Same as my full legal name: A B C D.
Right, so your Firstname is A and your Lastname is D. There's no ambiguity there.
You're sorted for those forms that ask for firstname/lastname, not for those forms that ask for given/family name.