Anthroponyme in der Amtskommunikation aus dem Blickwinkel der nationalen Bedürfnisse – unter Berücksichtigung interkultureller Besonderheiten

Abstract

The present paper deals with the transcription issues of personal names in the intercultural communication and the East – West migration within Europe, especially after 1990. The difficulties in the area result from the various spelling systems, especially between the Latin and Cyrillic script, but also from the usage of various national norms of practical transcription or transliteration. In the Slovak Republic, in official communication and documentation (birth certificates, ‘Abitur’ certificates, diploma certificates, etc.) transcription following the guidelines of the Ministry of Culture of SR using the letters of the Slovak alphabet is required; which, however, does not correlate with the English transcription. Thus, it is difficult for translators to reproduce the documents originally written in the Cyrillic script in such a manner, which would not cause miscommunication, because a migrant’s first official document is a passport, using the transcription of personal names based on the English spelling norm. A specific problem lies in the transcription of Hebrew anthroponyms from Cyrillic to Latin script, as that can result in phonetic dissonance.