Testing lang in HTML and search engines
This page duplicates the demonstration of the use of the Unicode Character Standard to store names and places from anywhere in the world, in any language.
However, this page also defines many <meta name="keywords" content="xyz"> statements with the keywords of country and celebrity from the list below, in an attempt to see the effect on search engines. I will compare the search engines looking at this page with the number and country of those looking at the original page http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode-example.html.
Look at the third and fourth columns in the table below. These are the birthplaces and native names of celebrities (actors, singers, sports figures, etc.). The first two columns tell you the English transliteration of the name and location.
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The names below are actual celebrities in their home countries. See how many you recognize.
|
Origin
(in English) |
Name
(English transliteration) |
Origin
(in native language) |
Name
(in native language) |
| Armenia | Aram Khachatryan (composer) | Հայաստան | Արամ Խաչատրյան |
| Australia | Nicole Kidman (actress) | Australia | Nicole Kidman |
| Austria | Johann Strauss (The "waltz king") |
Österreich | Johann Strauß |
| Belgium (Flemish) |
Rene Magritte (painter) | België | René Magritte |
| Belgium (French) |
Rene Magritte (painter) | Belgique | René Magritte |
| Belgium (German) |
Rene Magritte (painter) | Belgien | René Magritte |
| Bhutan | Gonpo Dorji (film actor) | འབྲུག་ཡུལ། | མགོན་པོ་རྡོ་རྗེ། |
| Cambodia (Khmer) |
Venerable PreahBuddhaghosachar Chuon Nath | ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា | ព្រះពុទ្ឋឃោសាចារ្យជួនណាត |
| Canada | Celine Dion (singer) | Canada | Céline Dion |
| Canada - Nunavut (Inuktitut language) |
Susan Aglukark (singer) | ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ | ᓱᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓗᒃᑲᖅ |
| People's Rep. of China | ZHANG Ziyi (actress) | 中国 | 章子怡 |
| People's Rep. of China | WONG Faye (singer) | 中国 | 王菲 |
| Denmark | Soren Kierkegaard (theologian 1813-1855) |
Danmark | Søren Kierkegård |
| Egypt (Masr) |
Abdel Halim Hafez (singer) |
ﻣﺼﺮ | ﻋﺑﺪﺍﻠﺣﻟﻳﻢ ﺤﺎﻓﻅ |
| Egypt (Masr) |
Om Kolthoum (singer) | ﻣﺼﺮ | ﺃﻡ ﻛﻟﺛﻭﻡ |
| Eritrea | Berhane Zeray | ብርሃነ ዘርኣይ | ኤርትራ |
| Ethiopia | Haile Gebreselassie
(Fastest man) |
ኃይሌ ገብረሥላሴ | ኢትዮጵያ |
| France | Gerard Depardieu (actor) | France | Gérard Depardieu |
| France | Jean Reno (actor) | France | Jean Réno |
| France | Camille Saint-Saens (composer) | France | Camille Saint-Saëns |
| France | Mylene Demongeot (actress) | France | Mylène Demongeot |
| France | Francois Truffaut (film director) |
France | François Truffaut |
| France (Braille) |
Louis Braille | ⠋⠗⠁⠝⠉⠑ | ⠇⠕⠥⠊⠎⠀ ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠇⠑ |
| Georgia | Eduard Shevardnadze | საქართველო | ედუარდ შევარდნაძე |
| Germany | Walter Schultheiss (Actor) |
Deutschland | Walter Schultheiß |
| Greece (Hellas) |
George Dalaras (Giorgos Dalaras) |
Ελλάς | Γιώργος Νταλάρας |
| Iceland | Bjork Gudmundsdottir (singer) |
Ísland | Björk Guðmundsdóttir |
| India (Hindi) |
Madhuri Dixit (movie star) | भारत | माधुरी दिछित |
| Iran (Persian/Farsi) |
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (writer/director) |
ایران | محسن مخملباف |
| Ireland (Eire) |
Sinead O'Connor (singer) |
Éire | Sinéad O'Connor |
| Israel | Yehoram Gaon | ישראל | יהורם גאון |
| Italy | Fabrizio DeAndre (poet, singer) |
Italia | Fabrizio De André |
| Japan | KUBOTA Toshinobu (singer) | 日本 | 久保田 利伸 |
| Japan (kanji+hiragana) |
HAYASHIBARA Megumi (voice actress) |
日本 | 林原 めぐみ |
| Japan (kanji) |
Mori Ogai (author) | 日本 | 森鷗外 |
| Japan (katakana) |
Tex Texin (te-ku-su te-ku-sa-n) |
日本 | テクス テクサン |
| Democratic People's Rep. of Korea
(N. Korea) |
LEE Sol-Hee (actress) | 조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 | 이설희 |
| Rep. of Korea (S. Korea) |
AHN Sung-Gi (actor) | 대한민국 | 안성기 |
| Rep. of Korea (S. Korea) |
SHIM Eun-Ha (actress) | 대한민국 | 심은하 |
| Norway | Tor Age Bringsvaerd (author) |
Norge (bokmål) |
Tor Åge Bringsværd |
| Norway | Herbjorn Sorebo (author) | Noreg (nynorsk) |
Herbjørn Sørebø |
| Pakistan (Urdu) |
Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan (singer) |
پاکستان | نصرت فتح علی خان |
| Peru | Nicomedes Santa Cruz (singer) |
Perú | Nicómedes Santa Cruz |
| Poland | Lech Walesa | Polska | Lech Wałęsa |
| Portugal | Amalia Rodriques (singer) | Portugal | Amália Rodriques |
| Puerto Rico | Olga Tanon (singer, merenguera) |
Puerto Rico | Olga Tañón |
| Ancient Rome | Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
(general & politician, 236-183 B.C.) |
Rōma | Pūblius Cornēlius Scīpiō Africānus |
| Russia | Mikhail Gorbachev | Россия | Михаил Горбачёв |
| Russia | Boris Grebenshchikov
(musician) |
Россия | Борис Гребенщиков |
| Russia (Yiddish, Hebrew Script) |
Sholom Aleichem (Author) |
רוסלאַנד | שלום עליכם |
| Samiland (Sami language) |
Nils Aslak Valkeapaa (singer) |
Sápmi | Áillohaš (aka Nils Aslak Valkeapää) |
| Slovenia | Frane "Jezek" Milcinski (actor, singer) |
Slovenija | Frane Milčinski - Ježek |
| Sweden | Bjorn Borg (Tennis player) |
Sverige | Björn Borg |
| Syracuse (Sicily) |
Archimedes (physicist c. 287-212 BC) |
Συρακούσα | Ἀρχιμήδης |
| Rep. of China | Hsu Chi (actress) | 臺灣 | 舒淇 |
| Rep. of China | Ang Lee (movie director) | 臺灣 | 李安 |
| Thailand | Thongchai McIntai | ประเทศไทย | ธงไชย แม็คอินไตย์ |
| U.S.A. | Brad Pitt (actor) | U.S.A. | Brad Pitt |
| Viet Nam | Trinh Cong Son (singer/composer) | Việt Nam | Trịnh Công Sơn |
| Yugoslavia (Latin script) |
Djordje Balasevic (singer) |
Jugoslavija | Đorđe Balašević |
| Yugoslavia (Cyrillic script) |
Djordje Balasevic (singer) |
Југославија | Ђорђе Балашевић |
This page was last updated 2002-06-25.