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==== Spelling and romanization ==== | ==== Spelling and romanization ==== | ||
''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)|Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)]], [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Romanization|Wikipedia:Romanization]], [[Wikipedia:Category:Romanization|Category:Romanization]]'' | :''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)|Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)]], [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Romanization|Wikipedia:Romanization]], [[Wikipedia:Category:Romanization|Category:Romanization]]'' | ||
Names not originally written in one of the [[Wikipedia:Latin-script alphabets|Latin-script alphabets]] (written for example in Greek, Cyrillic, or Chinese scripts) must be given a [[Wikipedia:Romanization|romanized]] form for use in English. Use a systematically [[Wikipedia:Transliteration|transliterated]] or otherwise romanized name ({{xt|Aleksandr Tymoczko}}, {{xt|Wang Yanhong}}); but if there is a common English form of the name ({{xt|Tchaikovsky}}, {{xt|Chiang Kai-shek}}), use that form instead. | Names not originally written in one of the [[Wikipedia:Latin-script alphabets|Latin-script alphabets]] (written for example in Greek, Cyrillic, or Chinese scripts) must be given a [[Wikipedia:Romanization|romanized]] form for use in English. Use a systematically [[Wikipedia:Transliteration|transliterated]] or otherwise romanized name ({{xt|Aleksandr Tymoczko}}, {{xt|Wang Yanhong}}); but if there is a common English form of the name ({{xt|Tchaikovsky}}, {{xt|Chiang Kai-shek}}), use that form instead. | ||