Thursday, September 23, 2010

Toponyms Topónimos

Is it London o Londres, Cracovia o Kraków, Viena, o Wien?

We were talking about translation of geographical names and how there is a tendency to start using the names in their original language.
Spanish students can read this post in el blog de la lengua española, Nombres de ciudades extranjeras.
How to name places presents some problems in English too. Check out Wikipedia's own rules on the topic, Wikipedia's Naming Conventions.

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