• Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml
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      15 hours ago

      As the article explains, non western names will be reordered or incorrectly shortened to fit western standards. As an example, the Telugu name “Venkata Satyanarayana Naidu” is ordered family name - personal name - caste suffix, so it might get rendered as “V. Satyanarayana Naidu”, “V.S Naidu”, “S. Venkata Naidu”, or “S.V. Naidu”, none of which are correct ways to shorten their name.