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Names and Titles

Spanish

Gabriel Díaz Chávez (Mexico City, Mexico) "I believe that in this case, it is important that people when they meet between Mexicans..."

Jorge Cureño Rivadeneyra (Mexico City, Mexico) "Currently our president of Mexico is a Ph.D. in economy. And you hear many, people..."

Alvaro Gonzalo de Ugarte Serra (Santiago, Chile) "Well, in the case of Chile one doesn't use professional titles when talking to people..."

Fernando Talavera de la Fuente (Lima, Peru) "This is a hard question to answer so simply. Here in Peru it can vary a lot. First of all..."

Andrés Alberto Vargas Alfaro (Lima, Peru) "OK, here in Peru, normally a person has two names and two surnames that are..."

Juan M. Incháustegui (Lima, Peru) "As to titles, in Peru generally one doesn't use "Licenciado"

for anyone who has a..."

Chinese

Clyde Warden (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) "My thoughts on this are very simple... "

Tung-Fu Su (Gaoxiong, Taiwan) "As far as names go, we Chinese just call..."

Qingqing Huang (Shanghai, China) "Talking about names is really complicated..."

Turkish

Ebru Özkan (Ankara, Turkey) "Turks generally prefer to use titles such as..."

Zeki Samatyalı (Ankara, Turkey) "Turks definitely pay attention to use..."

Erdal Bargut (Ankara, Turkey) "In Turkish, using a title when addressing is..."

Abdullah Marulcu (Afyon, Turkey) "Turks mostly, do not use only names such a..."

Esra Hoşgün (Samsun, Turkey) "The titles that Turks use are..."

Japanese

Shoji (Kyoto, Japan) "Well, in Japanese society, when we address people by..."

Yutaro (Kyoto, Japan) "I am 50 years old, but in my work..."

Koji (Los Angeles, USA) "In Japanese society in a business environment..."

Motonobu (Kagawa Prefecture) "As for using names in Japan, I don't think there are many..."


Authors: LouisPM, orkelm.