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0 pointskgeist2mo ago0 comments

For logins, we're already used to the fact that they're expected to be in Latin. Having them in the native alphabet is more trouble than it's worth (one system supports it, another breaks etc., easier to remember one, in Latin, across systems) I'd be irritated though if I couldn't use my native alphabet in the user profile for the first name/last name

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integralid2mo ago

>Please provide your name exactly as it is in your government documents.

>This is extremely important. Failure to comply will lead to termination of your service with no refund, criminal prosecution, our CEO calling you in tears and a hitman being informed about your last known location

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Validation error: "First name" contains invalid characters.

kgeistOP2mo ago

Heh, I had this exact thing when getting certified at Microsoft (remotely). They required me to enter my name exactly as it appears on my government ID (not a single Latin character), but their registration site... simply blocked any characters outside of Latin. I had to obtain an international travel passport to get the "official" transliteration of my name

netsharc2mo ago

I've gotten a visa to a country that doesn't use Latin characters. My name got transliterated. At the bottom of the visa there's the machine-readable field that uses ASCII characters, and my name lost a character (a OU became just U).

kgeistOP2mo ago

It's also fun when the official transliteration rules suddenly change: a visa/passport issued in one year has a different name in Latin than a passport issued in another year. I was once two separate people :)

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integralid2mo ago

>Please provide your name exactly as it is in your government documents.

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Validation error: "First name" contains invalid characters.

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