www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
Business / Companies

Get in the game with right English name

By Li Xueqing (China Daily) Updated: 2015-06-08 07:36

Get in the game with right English name

One woman from Memphis in the US has launched a site to help Chinese clients navigate the pitfalls of Western tradition

Mosquito, Circle, Tomato-Chinese people come up with strange English names at times, names that can baffle foreign employers and even cost them their chance of securing a high-profile job.

An American expatriate in Shanghai saw an opportunity here and decided to launch a consulting business on the best choice of English names.

Lindsay Jernigan from Memphis, Tennessee, asks her clients to answer 10 questions on her website (BestEnglishName.com) to help them nail down a suitable name with minimum fuss.

After paying 15 yuan ($2.5) by Alipay, China's version of PayPal, they get a choice of five recommended names.

Since September, her website has been visited 20,000 times. About 1,800 people have paid to see what answers the quiz yields.

Questions include their favorite color, flower and preferences for a name-for example, short or long, feminine or masculine. Western and Chinese zodiac signs are also taken into account, as are future career plans.

The questions are designed to find a name that matches the client's personality and aspirations, Jernigan said.

About 200 people have forked out more money-120 to 200 yuan ($19 to 32) each-to consult with Jernigan in person or through QQ, a popular online chatting tool in China. Most plan to study or live abroad.

Jernigan started her business one year ago when she realized how an inappropriate name could create an awkward first impression and even cost people a shot at a job.

She told the story of one young man who was not even granted a job interview by one of Jernigan's friends because he put the name Kaka on his resume in homage to the Brazilian football player.

The friend found the name strange and inappropriate. It conveyed the impression that he would not be able to handle himself well with foreigners in a social setting or mixed working environment, Jernigan said.

Yet Kaka seems tame compared to some of the other names she has come across. These range from fairy tale princesses (Cinderella) to random numbers (Seven, Eleven), physical phenomena (Echo), animals and insects (Dragon, Tiger, Fly).

Food is another popular choice in China, with many women wanting to be called Apple or Cherry, she said.

Suhail Nasir, who hails from Pakistan but has lived in Shanghai for 10 years, said he and his friends in Shanghai find some local people's English names "hilarious".

He said he once had to persuade a colleague at Alcatel Lucent to change his name from Coke to Robert.

"This is an idea that many people had before, but no one thought it could be a profitable business," he said. "I'm just surprised that (Jernigan) actually managed to make a business out of it."

English names are common in big international cities like Shanghai because many non-Chinese find it hard to read or pronounce Chinese names, said Zhao Ronghui, a director of the Institute of Linguistics at Shanghai International Studies University.

Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

Hot Topics

Editor's Picks
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 视频一区免费 | 久久手机免费视频 | 伊人久久综合热青草 | 九九精品免视看国产成人 | 蘑菇午夜三级 | 国内精品一区二区2021在线 | 鲁丝片一区二区三区免费 | 美女扒开腿让男人桶尿口 | 综合欧美日韩一区二区三区 | 久久全国免费久久青青小草 | 久久亚洲国产高清 | 亚洲第一网站在线观看 | 成人影院午夜久久影院 | 中文字幕一区二区小泽玛利亚 | 欧美日韩精品国产一区二区 | 国产成人一区二区在线不卡 | 久久视频在线免费观看 | 成人免费夜片在线观看 | 天堂色视频| 狠狠色综合色综合网站久久 | 国产网站黄色 | xx毛片| 欧美毛片日韩一级在线 | 欧美人成在线观看 | 欧美一级欧美三级在线观看 | 欧美一级久久久久久久大 | 奇米四色综合久久天天爱 | 成人三级视频在线观看 | 1024色淫免费视频 | 欧美一区二区三区在线观看免费 | 成人欧美一区二区三区视频xxx | 精品国产精品 | 男操女免费视频 | 手机在线国产精品 | 看全黄男人和女人视频 | 国内精品久久久久久久久蜜桃 | 男女午夜爽爽 | 亚洲国产一 | 大片刺激免费播放视频 | 国产精品美乳免费看 | 亚洲国产欧美另类 |