近日,笔者碰到了一位当事人,他对公证书中姓名的译法提出了异议,声称公证书中的姓名译法不符合国外惯例,要求更改。在和当事人沟通后,笔者了解到他有三个修改方式。第一个方式,将姓和名倒过来。他说如果英文继续使用汉语的姓和名顺序,外国人会误以为姓是名,而名是姓,造成误解。举例:张为民,翻译成Weimin Zhang。 Recently, I met a client, who objected to the translation of the name in the notarial certificate and claimed that the translation of the name in the notarial certificate did not conform to foreign practice and required a change. After communicating with the client, I learned that he has three modifications. The first way is to reverse the first name and last name. He said that if English continues to use the Chinese first name and last name, foreigners mistakenly believe that the surname is the first name and the first name is the surname, causing misunderstanding. Example: Zhang Weimin, translated into Weimin Zhang.