{"id":10543,"date":"2011-05-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2011\/05\/30\/just-for-fun-sample-user-names-in-windows-7\/"},"modified":"2020-09-28T09:41:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T16:41:53","slug":"20110530-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20110530-00\/?p=10543","title":{"rendered":"Just for fun: Sample user names in Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few places in Windows where you are asked to enter your name in order to set up an account. Just for fun, I went through all the localized versions I could find and extracted the sample names. Some locales did not get around to translating all the strings. If the string was left untranslated (which can happen for <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110525015723\/http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/about\/corporatecitizenship\/en-us\/community-tools\/llp\/\">LIPs<\/a>), then I left the box blank. (Locales which did not translate either string have been omitted from the table.)<\/p>\n<p>My reactions after the table.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Lang<\/th>\n<p><!-- <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/resources\/msdn\/goglobal\/default.mspx\">ID<\/A> --><\/p>\n<th>English name<\/th>\n<th>for example, John<\/th>\n<th>For example: John Smith<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>af-za<\/td>\n<td>Afrikaans<\/td>\n<td lang=\"af-za\">byvoorbeeld, John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"af-za\">Voorbeeld: Jan Smit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>am-et<\/td>\n<td>Amharic<\/td>\n<td lang=\"am-et\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td lang=\"am-et\">\u1208\u121d\u1233\u120c: \u12a0\u1260\u1260 \u12a8\u1260\u12f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ar-sa<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar-sa\">\u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0633\u0628\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062b\u0627\u0644\u060c \u0623\u0645\u062c\u062f<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar-sa\">\u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0633\u0628\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062b\u0627\u0644: \u0623\u0634\u0631\u0641 \u0645\u0627\u0647\u0631<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>as-in<\/td>\n<td>Assamese<\/td>\n<td lang=\"as-in\">\u0989\u09a6\u09be\u09b9\u09f0\u09a3\u09f0 \u0995\u09be\u09f0\u09a3\u09c7, \u09aa\u09cd\u09f0\u09ac\u09bf\u09a8<\/td>\n<td lang=\"as-in\">\u0989\u09a6\u09be\u09b9\u09f0\u09a3 \u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u09f0\u09c2\u09aa\u09c7: \u099c\u09a8 \u09b8\u09cd\u09ae\u09bf\u09a5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>az-latn-az<\/td>\n<td>Azerbaijani<\/td>\n<td lang=\"az-latn-az\">m\u0259s\u0259l\u0259n, F\u0259rhad<\/td>\n<td lang=\"az-latn-az\">M\u0259s\u0259l\u0259n: V\u00fcsal Tahirov<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>bg-bg<\/td>\n<td>Bulgarian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bg-bg\">\u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440 Kiril<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bg-bg\">\u041d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440: \u041f\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d \u0425\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>bn-bd<\/td>\n<td>Bengali (Bangladesh)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bn-bd\">\u0989\u09a6\u09be\u09b9\u09b0\u09a3\u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u09b0\u09c2\u09aa, \u099c\u09a8<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bn-bd\">\u0989\u09a6\u09be\u09b9\u09b0\u09a3\u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u09b0\u09c2\u09aa: \u099c\u09a8 \u09b8\u09cd\u09ae\u09bf\u09a5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>bn-in<\/td>\n<td>Bengali (India)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bn-in\">\u0989\u09a6\u09be\u09b9\u09b0\u09a3\u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u09b0\u09c2\u09aa, \u09b0\u09be\u09ae<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bn-in\">\u0989\u09a6\u09be\u09b9\u09b0\u09a3\u09b8\u09cd\u09ac\u09b0\u09c2\u09aa: \u099c\u09a8 \u09b8\u09cd\u09ae\u09bf\u09a5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>bs-cyrl-ba<\/td>\n<td>Bosnian (Cyrillic)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bs-cyrl-ba\">\u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0458\u0435\u0440 John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bs-cyrl-ba\">\u041d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0458\u0435\u0440: \u0410\u043b\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0410\u043b\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u045b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>bs-latn-ba<\/td>\n<td>Bosnian (Latin)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bs-latn-ba\">naprimjer John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"bs-latn-ba\">Naprimjer: Almir Almirovi\u0107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ca-es<\/td>\n<td>Catalan<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ca-es\">per exemple, Jordi<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ca-es\">Per exemple: Pau Sol\u00e0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>cs-cz<\/td>\n<td>Czech<\/td>\n<td lang=\"cs-cz\">nap\u0159\u00edklad Tereza<\/td>\n<td lang=\"cs-cz\">P\u0159\u00edklad: Jan Nov\u00e1k<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>cy-gb<\/td>\n<td>Welsh<\/td>\n<td lang=\"cy-gb\">Si\u00f4n, er enghraifft<\/td>\n<td lang=\"cy-gb\">Er enghraifft: Si\u00e2n Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>da-dk<\/td>\n<td>Danish<\/td>\n<td lang=\"da-dk\">f.eks. Claus<\/td>\n<td lang=\"da-dk\">Eksempel: Jens Jensen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>de-de<\/td>\n<td>German<\/td>\n<td lang=\"de-de\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td lang=\"de-de\">Beispiel: Jens Mander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>el-gr<\/td>\n<td>Greek<\/td>\n<td lang=\"el-gr\">\u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1, \u0393\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2<\/td>\n<td lang=\"el-gr\">\u0393\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1: \u0393\u03b5\u03ce\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u0392\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03bf\u03c5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>en-us<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<td lang=\"en-us\">for example, John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"en-us\">For example: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>es-es<\/td>\n<td>Spanish<\/td>\n<td lang=\"es-es\">por ejemplo, Juan<\/td>\n<td lang=\"es-es\">Por ejemplo: Jorge L\u00f3pez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>et-ee<\/td>\n<td>Estonian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"et-ee\">n\u00e4iteks Jaan<\/td>\n<td lang=\"et-ee\">N\u00e4iteks: Mati Kask<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>eu-es<\/td>\n<td>Basque<\/td>\n<td lang=\"eu-es\">esaterako, Rafa<\/td>\n<td lang=\"eu-es\">Adibidez: Ane Lizarralde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>fa-ir<\/td>\n<td>Persian<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"fa-ir\">\u0628\u0631\u0627\u06cc \u0645\u062b\u0627\u0644\u060c John<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"fa-ir\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>fi-fi<\/td>\n<td>Finnish<\/td>\n<td lang=\"fi-fi\">esimerkiksi Juha<\/td>\n<td lang=\"fi-fi\">Esimerkki: Henri Rautiainen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>fil-ph<\/td>\n<td>Filipino<\/td>\n<td lang=\"fil-ph\">halimbawa, Juan<\/td>\n<td lang=\"fil-ph\">Halimbawa: Juan dela Cruz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>fr-fr<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<td lang=\"fr-fr\">par exemple Rosalie<\/td>\n<td lang=\"fr-fr\">Par exemple : Marie Dubois<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ga-ie<\/td>\n<td>Irish<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ga-ie\">mar shampla, Se\u00e1n<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ga-ie\">Mar shampla: Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Murch\u00fa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>gl-es<\/td>\n<td>Galician<\/td>\n<td lang=\"gl-es\">por exemplo: Xiana<\/td>\n<td lang=\"gl-es\">Por exemplo: Duarte Vidal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>gu-in<\/td>\n<td>Gujarati<\/td>\n<td lang=\"gu-in\">\u0a89\u0aa6\u0abe\u0ab9\u0ab0\u0aa3 \u0aa4\u0ab0\u0ac0\u0a95\u0ac7, \u0a95\u0aae\u0ab2\u0ac7\u0ab6<\/td>\n<td lang=\"gu-in\">\u0a89\u0aa6\u0abe\u0ab9\u0ab0\u0aa3 \u0aa4\u0ab0\u0ac0\u0a95\u0ac7: \u0a95\u0aae\u0ab2\u0ac7\u0ab6 \u0aa6\u0ab5\u0ac7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ha-latn-ng<\/td>\n<td>Hausa<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ha-latn-ng\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ha-latn-ng\">A misali:John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>he-il<\/td>\n<td>Hebrew<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"he-il\">\u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d2\u05de\u05d4, John<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"he-il\">\u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d2\u05de\u05d4: \u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05db\u05d4\u05df<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>hi-in<\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td lang=\"hi-in\">\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f, \u0905\u092e\u093f\u0924<\/td>\n<td lang=\"hi-in\">\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f: \u091c\u0928\u092e\u0947\u091c\u092f \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u0938\u093f\u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0930<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>hr-hr<\/td>\n<td>Croatian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"hr-hr\">na primjer, Zdenko<\/td>\n<td lang=\"hr-hr\">Primjerice: Ivan Kova\u010d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>hu-hu<\/td>\n<td>Hungarian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"hu-hu\">p\u00e9ld\u00e1ul Lilian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"hu-hu\">P\u00e9ld\u00e1ul: T\u00f3t B\u00e9la<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>hy-am<\/td>\n<td>Armenian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"hy-am\">\u0585\u0580\u056b\u0576\u0561\u056f\u055d \u0531\u0580\u0561\u0574<\/td>\n<td lang=\"hy-am\">\u0555\u0580\u056b\u0576\u0561\u056f. \u0531\u0580\u0574\u0565\u0576 \u0531\u0580\u0574\u0565\u0576\u0575\u0561\u0576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>id-id<\/td>\n<td>Indonesian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"id-id\">misalnya, John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"id-id\">Misalnya: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ig-ng<\/td>\n<td>Igbo<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ig-ng\">iji maat\u1ee5, Chukwubike-\u1ee5gbaja<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ig-ng\">\u1eccm\u1ee5mat\u1ee5\u0300: \u1ee4gbaja Chukwubuike Greg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>is-is<\/td>\n<td>Icelandic<\/td>\n<td lang=\"is-is\">til d\u00e6mis J\u00f3n<\/td>\n<td lang=\"is-is\">D\u00e6mi: J\u00f3n J\u00f3nsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>it-it<\/td>\n<td>Italian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"it-it\">ad esempio, Luca<\/td>\n<td lang=\"it-it\">Ad esempio: Valeria Dal Monte<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>iu-latn-ca<\/td>\n<td>Inuktitut<\/td>\n<td lang=\"iu-latn-ca\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td lang=\"iu-latn-ca\">Suurlu: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ja-jp<\/td>\n<td>Japanese<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ja-jp\">\u4f8b: John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ja-jp\">\u4f8b: Taro Chofu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ka-ge<\/td>\n<td>Georgian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ka-ge\">\u10db\u10d0\u10d2. Nino<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ka-ge\">\u10db\u10d0\u10d2\u10d0\u10da\u10d8\u10d7\u10d0\u10d3: \u10d3\u10d8\u10db\u10d8\u10e2\u10e0\u10d8 \u10d2\u10dd\u10d2\u10d4\u10da\u10d8\u10d0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>kk-kz<\/td>\n<td>Kazakh<\/td>\n<td lang=\"kk-kz\">\u043c\u044b\u0441\u0430\u043b\u044b, \u0414\u0436\u043e\u043d<\/td>\n<td lang=\"kk-kz\">\u041c\u044b\u0441\u0430\u043b\u044b: \u0410\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0431\u0430\u0439\u049b\u044b\u0437\u044b \u0410\u0439\u043d\u04b1\u0440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>km-kh<\/td>\n<td>Khmer<\/td>\n<td lang=\"km-kh\">\u17a7\u1791\u17b6\u17a0\u179a\u178e\u17cd John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"km-kh\">\u17a7\u1791\u17b6\u17a0\u179a\u178e\u17cd: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>kn-in<\/td>\n<td>Kannada<\/td>\n<td lang=\"kn-in\">\u0c89\u0ca6\u0cbe\u0cb9\u0cb0\u0ca3\u0cc6\u0c97\u0cc6, \u0c9c\u0cbe\u0ca8\u0ccd<\/td>\n<td lang=\"kn-in\">\u0c89\u0ca6\u0cbe\u0cb9\u0cb0\u0ca3\u0cc6\u0c97\u0cc6: \u0c9c\u0cbe\u0ca8\u0ccd \u0cb8\u0ccd\u0cae\u0cbf\u0ca4\u0ccd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ko-kr<\/td>\n<td>Korean<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ko-kr\">\uc608: John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ko-kr\">\uc608: \ud64d\uae38\ub3d9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>kok-in<\/td>\n<td>Konkani<\/td>\n<td lang=\"kok-in\">\u0926\u0947\u0916\u0940\u0915, \u091c\u0949\u0928<\/td>\n<td lang=\"kok-in\">\u0926\u0947\u0916\u0940\u0915: \u091c\u0949\u0928 \u0938\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ky-kg<\/td>\n<td>Kirghiz<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ky-kg\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ky-kg\">\u041c\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043b\u044b: \u0422\u0438\u043b\u0435\u043a \u0427\u0443\u0431\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>lb-lu<\/td>\n<td>Luxembourgish<\/td>\n<td lang=\"lb-lu\">z. Bsp., John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"lb-lu\">Zum Beispill: Marc Majerus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>lt-lt<\/td>\n<td>Lithuanian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"lt-lt\">pvz., Jonas<\/td>\n<td lang=\"lt-lt\">Pvz., Jonas Jonaitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>lv-lv<\/td>\n<td>Latvian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"lv-lv\">piem\u0113ram, J\u0101nis<\/td>\n<td lang=\"lv-lv\">Piem\u0113ram: J\u0101nis Zari\u0146\u0161<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>mi-nz<\/td>\n<td>M\u0101ori<\/td>\n<td lang=\"mi-nz\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td lang=\"mi-nz\">Hei tauira: Hone Mete<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>mk-mk<\/td>\n<td>Macedonian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"mk-mk\">\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440, \u0417\u043e\u0440\u0430\u043d<\/td>\n<td lang=\"mk-mk\">\u041d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440: \u0411\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043a\u043e \u0421\u0442\u043e\u0458\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ml-in<\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ml-in\">\u0d09\u0d26\u0d3e: \u0d1c\u0d4b\u0d23\u0d4d<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ml-in\">\u0d09\u0d26\u0d3e\u0d39\u0d30\u0d23\u0d2e\u0d3e\u0d2f\u0d3f: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>mr-in<\/td>\n<td>Marathi<\/td>\n<td lang=\"mr-in\">\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\u093e\u0938\u093e\u0920\u0940, \u091c\u0949\u0928<\/td>\n<td lang=\"mr-in\">\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0925: \u091c\u0949\u0928 \u0938\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ms-bn<\/td>\n<td>Malay (Brunei)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ms-bn\">sebagai contoh, John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ms-bn\">Sebagai contoh: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ms-my<\/td>\n<td>Malay (Malaysia)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ms-my\">sebagai contoh, John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ms-my\">Sebagai contoh: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>mt-mt<\/td>\n<td>Maltese<\/td>\n<td lang=\"mt-mt\">pere\u017cempju, John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"mt-mt\">E\u017cempju: John Pace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>nb-no<\/td>\n<td>Norwegian (Bokm\u00e5l)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"nb-no\">for eksempel Kim<\/td>\n<td lang=\"nb-no\">Eksempel: Jens Jensen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ne-np<\/td>\n<td>Nepali<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ne-np\">\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0925, \u091c\u094b\u0928<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ne-np\">\u0909\u0926\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0923\u0915\u094b \u0928\u093f\u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0924: \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092c\u0939\u093e\u0926\u0941\u0930<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>nl-nl<\/td>\n<td>Dutch<\/td>\n<td lang=\"nl-nl\">bijvoorbeeld: Emma<\/td>\n<td lang=\"nl-nl\">Bijvoorbeeld: Jan Smit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>nn-no<\/td>\n<td>Norwegian (Nynorsk)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"nn-no\">for eksempel Kim<\/td>\n<td lang=\"nn-no\">Eksempel: Jens Jensen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>nso-za<\/td>\n<td>Northern Sotho<\/td>\n<td lang=\"nso-za\">go fa mohlala, John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"nso-za\">Mohlala: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>or-in<\/td>\n<td>Oriya<\/td>\n<td lang=\"or-in\">\u0b09\u0b26\u0b3e\u0b39\u0b30\u0b23 \u0b38\u0b4d\u0b35\u0b30\u0b42\u0b2a, \u0b1c\u0b4b\u0b28\u0b4d<\/td>\n<td lang=\"or-in\">\u0b09\u0b26\u0b3e\u0b39\u0b30\u0b23 \u0b38\u0b4d\u0b35\u0b30\u0b42\u0b2a: \u0b26\u0b3f\u0b2a\u0b4d\u0b24\u0b3f \u0b30\u0b1e\u0b4d\u0b1c\u0b28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pa-in<\/td>\n<td>Panjabi<\/td>\n<td lang=\"pa-in\">\u0a09\u0a26\u0a3e\u0a39\u0a30\u0a23 \u0a26\u0a47 \u0a32\u0a08, \u0a1c\u0a4c\u0a28<\/td>\n<td lang=\"pa-in\">\u0a09\u0a26\u0a3e\u0a39\u0a30\u0a23 \u0a26\u0a47 \u0a32\u0a08: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pl-pl<\/td>\n<td>Polish<\/td>\n<td lang=\"pl-pl\">na przyk\u0142ad: Tomek<\/td>\n<td lang=\"pl-pl\">Na przyk\u0142ad: Jan Kowalski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pt-br<\/td>\n<td>Portuguese (Brazil)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"pt-br\">por exemplo, Marcio<\/td>\n<td lang=\"pt-br\">Por exemplo: Jo\u00e3o Silva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>pt-pt<\/td>\n<td>Portuguese (Portugal)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"pt-pt\">por exemplo: Rui<\/td>\n<td lang=\"pt-pt\">Por exemplo: Jorge Santos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.miloush.net\/michkap\/archive\/2007\/02\/04\/1596987.html\">qps<\/a>-ploc<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.miloush.net\/michkap\/archive\/2011\/04\/11\/10152035.html\">Pseudo<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u0192\u014f\u0433 \u0454\u0436\u00e5\u043c\u00fe\u013e\u0119, \u0408\u03c3\u0125\u0148<\/td>\n<td>[sqymS][\u20a3\u00f3\u044f \u03b5\u0445\u0434m\u00fe\u013a\u0115: \u0408\u01ff\u045b\u03b7 \u0160\u043c\u012b\u0165\u0452 !!! !!]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>qps-mirr<\/td>\n<td>Pseudo (Mirrored)<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ps-mi\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ps-mi\">[For example: John Smith]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>quz-pe<\/td>\n<td>Quechua<\/td>\n<td lang=\"quz-pe\">qatina, Juan<\/td>\n<td lang=\"quz-pe\">Kay hina: Jorge Lopez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ro-ro<\/td>\n<td>Romanian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ro-ro\">Ion, de exemplu<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ro-ro\">De exemplu: Ion Popescu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ru-ru<\/td>\n<td>Russian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ru-ru\">\u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440, \u0410\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0439<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ru-ru\">\u041d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440: \u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d \u041f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>si-lk<\/td>\n<td>Sinhala<\/td>\n<td lang=\"si-lk\">\u0db1\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca \u0dbd\u0dd9\u0dc3, \u0db1\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dbd\u0dca<\/td>\n<td lang=\"si-lk\">\u0db1\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0db1\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dbd\u0dd9\u0dc3: Don Lasith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sk-sk<\/td>\n<td>Slovak<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sk-sk\">napr\u00edklad J\u00e1n<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sk-sk\">Pr\u00edklad: Peter Kov\u00e1\u010d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sl-si<\/td>\n<td>Slovene<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sl-si\">na primer Janez<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sl-si\">Na primer: Janez Kranjski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sq-al<\/td>\n<td>Albanian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sq-al\">p\u00ebr shembull, Vehbi<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sq-al\">P\u00ebr shembull: Vehbi Neziri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sr-cyrl-cs<\/td>\n<td>Serbian (Cyrillic)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sr-cyrl-cs\">\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440, \u0408\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sr-cyrl-cs\">\u041d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440: \u041f\u0435\u0442\u0430\u0440 \u041f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u045b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sr-latn-cs<\/td>\n<td>Serbian (Latin)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sr-latn-cs\">na primer, Jovan<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sr-latn-cs\">Na primer: Petar Petrovi\u0107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sv-se<\/td>\n<td>Swedish<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sv-se\">t.ex. Rebecca<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sv-se\">Exempel: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sw-ke<\/td>\n<td>Swahili<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sw-ke\">kwa mfano, Yohana<\/td>\n<td lang=\"sw-ke\">Kwa mfano: Mussa Joseph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ta-in<\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ta-in\">\u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0b95, \u0b9c\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd<\/td>\n<td lang=\"ta-in\">\u0b89\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1: \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>te-in<\/td>\n<td>Telugu<\/td>\n<td lang=\"te-in\">\u0c09\u0c26\u0c3e\u0c39\u0c30\u0c23\u0c15\u0c41, \u0c35\u0c47\u0c23\u0c41<\/td>\n<td lang=\"te-in\">\u0c09\u0c26\u0c3e\u0c39\u0c30\u0c23\u0c15\u0c41: \u0c30\u0c3e\u0c2e\u0c4d \u0c32\u0c15\u0c4d\u0c37\u0c4d\u0c2e\u0c23\u0c4d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>th-th<\/td>\n<td>Thai<\/td>\n<td lang=\"th-th\">\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e19 John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"th-th\">\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e19: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>tn-za<\/td>\n<td>Tswana<\/td>\n<td lang=\"tn-za\">sekai, Tidimalo<\/td>\n<td lang=\"tn-za\">Sekao jaaka: P\u200cule Molefe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>tr-tr<\/td>\n<td>Turkish<\/td>\n<td lang=\"tr-tr\">\u00f6rne\u011fin, Can<\/td>\n<td lang=\"tr-tr\">\u00d6rne\u011fin: Kemal Etikan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>tt-ru<\/td>\n<td>Tatar<\/td>\n<td lang=\"tt-ru\">\u043c\u04d9\u0441\u04d9\u043b\u04d9\u043d, \u0424\u04d9\u0440\u0438\u0442<\/td>\n<td lang=\"tt-ru\">\u041c\u04d9\u0441\u04d9\u043b\u04d9\u043d: \u0413\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0412\u04d9\u043b\u0438\u0435\u0432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>uk-ua<\/td>\n<td>Ukrainian<\/td>\n<td lang=\"uk-ua\">\u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434, \u0422\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0441<\/td>\n<td lang=\"uk-ua\">\u041d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434: \u0422\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0441 \u0420\u0443\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ur-pk<\/td>\n<td>Urdu<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur-pk\">\u0645\u062b\u0627\u0644 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0637\u0648\u0631 \u067e\u0631, \u0627\u0645\u062c\u062f<\/td>\n<td dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur-pk\">\u0645\u062b\u0627\u0644 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0637\u0648\u0631 \u067e\u0631: \u0635\u0641\u062f\u0631 \u0631\u0634\u064a\u062f<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>uz-latn-uz<\/td>\n<td>Uzbek<\/td>\n<td lang=\"uz-latn-uz\">masalan, Akmal<\/td>\n<td lang=\"uz-latn-uz\">Masalan: Adham Soliyev<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>vi-vn<\/td>\n<td>Vietnamese<\/td>\n<td lang=\"vi-vn\">v\u00ed du\u0323, John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"vi-vn\">V\u00ed du\u0323: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>yo-ng<\/td>\n<td>Yoruba<\/td>\n<td lang=\"yo-ng\">b\u00ed \u00e0p\u1eb9\u1eb9r\u1eb9, J\u00f2h\u00e1n\u00f9<\/td>\n<td lang=\"yo-ng\">B\u00ed \u00e0p\u1eb9\u1eb9r\u1eb9: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>zh-cn<\/td>\n<td>Chinese (PRC)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"zh-cn\">\u4f8b\u5982: John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"zh-cn\">\u4f8b\u5982: \u674e\u5efa\u56fd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>zh-hk<\/td>\n<td>Chinese (Hong Kong)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"zh-hk\">\u4f8b\u5982\uff0cJohn<\/td>\n<td lang=\"zh-hk\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>zh-tw<\/td>\n<td>Chinese (Taiwan)<\/td>\n<td lang=\"zh-tw\">\u4f8b\u5982\uff0cJohn<\/td>\n<td lang=\"zh-tw\">\u7bc4\u4f8b: \u795d\u82f1\u53f0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>zu-za<\/td>\n<td>Zulu<\/td>\n<td lang=\"zu-za\">isibonelo, John<\/td>\n<td lang=\"zu-za\">Isibonelo: John Smith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Some observations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many languages translated the words &#8220;for example&#8221; but left the name as John or John Smith. I&#8217;m looking at you, Sweden. &#8220;John Smith&#8221;? Really? You couldn&#8217;t have changed it to <i lang=\"sv\">Sven Svensson<\/i>?<\/li>\n<li>Some languages chose generic names (like <i lang=\"cs\">Jan Nov\u00e1k<\/i>), keeping to the spirit of the English sample name. Others chose to substitute a real name (like <i lang=\"fr\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_Dubois\">Marie Dubois<\/a><\/i>). Commenter <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110602010828\/http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2011\/05\/30\/10168423.aspx#10169847\"> Hardt<\/a> explains that <i>Dubois<\/i> is one of the most common surnames, and <i>Marie<\/i> is a very common given name. That there is a real person with the same name is unsurprising, but the intent was to create a generic-sounding name.<\/li>\n<li>German doesn&#8217;t provide a sample first name. My guess is that they ran out of room! The string <i lang=\"de\"> Geben Sie einen Benutzernamen ein:<\/i> probably took up all the space in the dialog, leaving no room for an example. Commenter <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110602010828\/http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2011\/05\/30\/10168423.aspx#10169758\"> Roland<\/a> notes that the name <i lang=\"de\">Jens Mander<\/i> aligns with the sample email address <i>jemand@microsoft.com<\/i>. The word <i lang=\"de\">jemand<\/i> in German means <i>someone<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>An anonymous commenter noted that the Italian generic name is usually <i>Mario Rossi<\/i>. It&#8217;s not clear where the name <i>Valeria Dal Monte<\/i> came from.<\/li>\n<li>Commenter <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110602010828\/http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2011\/05\/30\/10168423.aspx#10169799\"> Jonathan<\/a> confirms that the Hebrew name <i>Moshe Cohen<\/i> is the canonical generic name, although &#8220;It&#8217;s slightly dated. Brings to mind the image of a guy in his 50&#8217;s, slightly balding, 30-year civil servant.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>This information (and plenty of other translation goodness) is <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110315180908\/http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/language\/en-us\/default.aspx\"> publically available<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110315180908\/http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/about\/legal\/en\/us\/IntellectualProperty\/Copyright\/Default.aspx\"> non-commercial use<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.miloush.net\/michkap\/archive\/2011\/05\/24\/10167604.html\"> The Locales of Windows 7, all divvied up<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Names from around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":111744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-10543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oldnewthing","tag-other"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Names from around the world.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}