Facebook Rolling Out Language-Specific Names
Facebook is beginning to roll out language-specific names for users, allowing their names to be displayed in the native languages of a select few countries.
Facebook is beginning to roll out language-specific names for users, allowing their names to be displayed in the native languages of a select few countries.
The social network said users’ friends will see their names “in the way that’s most natural for them,” and it also specified the differences between language-specific names and alternate names.
In the “Changing Your Name & Birthday” section of its Help Center, under the “What is a language-specific name?” tab, Facebook wrote:
A language-specific name is your name, as it appears in another language.
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