Hi,
I want to create a demo using Unicode that will have data that is more
representative of a business application, so it will be more compelling
than the Unicode examples I have seen so far.
In looking at the current examples of Unicode data covering a wide
variety of languages, they demonstrate being multilingual but not in a
way important to most businesses, or they are a little silly or
self-absorbed (about Unicode not about demonstrating a good usage).
I am not trying to put down the existing examples, they are valuable for
testing and other purposes.
I would like to make a favorable impression on people with a slightly
more real world example. For example, a database of customer names and
addresses would be something most businesses require.
So I would like to build a list of celebrity names, each in their native
language.
I think such a list would be useful to demonstrate a real world
multinational requirement.
So I would like your help to compile such a list, and then I will post
it for all to use.
Specifically, I would like to get a name of a well-known celebrity, and
their country of origin, in Unicode, and the English transliterations.
Native Celebrity Name, Native Country, English Name, English name of
country
By Celebrity I have in mind singers and movie stars. Please no
politicians, government officials, or well-known criminals.
I want to make sure none of the names have offensive associations...
We can be flexible about both "celebrity" and "country", especially for
the more ancient languages...
The names should be recognizable, not necessarily to me, but to a native
speaker.
I think if we had such a list, we can more fully demonstrate the power
of Unicode.
You can send me the examples privately, please use the above subject
heading.
I won't have time to comment on people's examples, I'll just collate
them and post them periodically.
(I am open to suggestions for a better demo.)
tex
-- ------------------------------------------------------------- Tex Texin Director, International Business mailto:Texin@Progress.com Tel: +1-781-280-4271 the Progress Company Fax: +1-781-280-4655 ------------------------------------------------------------- "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."- -Mae West
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