[CUL] Tran Truong-Qui Su-Bob Vu

[Hong Lam Vu <vuh000@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de>]

Hi ca'c ba'c Die^~m, Hoa`ng, Tri',

> Ho^m ddi ra toa` va`o la`m da^n My~; Co' mo^.t co^ no. cu~ng ngo^`i trong dda'm  
> ho^m a^'y te^n la`: Tru*o*ng thi. Tra^n ra^'t hie^`n la`nh ki'n dda'o. The^' ma`  
> O^ng toa` la.i go.i : "Tran truong" la`m mo.i ngu*o*`i  cu*o*`i o^` va` co^ ga'i 
> ma('c co*~.
>  Trong dd'am ngu*o*`i lo ngo^`i cu*o*`i ddo' co' o^ng te^n Su*? va(n Qu'i; khi 
> dde^'n lu*o*t. mi`nh, o^ng quan toa` go.i la`: "Qui Su"! la`m mo.i ngu*o*`i la.i 
> ddu*o*.c the^m mo^.t la^`n nu*~a kho^ng nhi.n ddu*o*.c cu*o*`i.....

ca^`n pha?i pha^n bie^.t 2 va^'n dde^`:

- thu+' tu+. te^n nguo+`i, ho. truo+'c te^n sau hay te^n truo+'c ho. sau;
- te^n nguo+`i Vie1.t co' da^'u thanh hay bo? da^'u thanh.

To^i kho^ng pha?n do^'i vie^.c ddo^?i thu+# tu+. te^n nguo+`i Vie1^.t
tha`nh ra te^n truo+'c ho. sau, vi' du. Truo+ng Tra^n tha`nh Tra^n
Truo+ng, cu~ng nhu+ vie^.c la^'y te^n "ta^y" nhu+ anh Robert Vu~.

Nhu+ng tui pha?n ddo^'i vie^.c vie^'t te^n nguo+`i Vie1.t kho^ng da^'u.
Ba^y gio+` ddo^i khi ta buo^.c pha?i cha^'p nha^.n vi` ta tho^ng ca?m
vo+'i tri`nh ddo^. co^ng nghe^. cu?a "ta^y" co`n qu#a tha^'p ke'm, ma#y
cu?a ho. kho^ng dda'nh dduo+.c ddu? da^'u thanh chu+~ Vie1^.t. Nhu+ng 20
na(m to+'i, khi ca'c da^'u chu+~ vie1.t dda~ co' the^? dda'nh dduo+.c ma`
kho^ng ca^`n pha?i du`ng font chu+~ Vie1.t thi` ta pha?i buo^.c nguo+`i
"ta^y" ghi da^`y ddu? da^'u te^n nguo+`i vie1.t dde^? to? xsu+. to^n
tro.ng ta.

Tui tin la` ng` "ta^y" co' thu+`a lo`ng to^n tro.ng na`y. Ba(`ng co+' la`
du` ta kho^ng do`i ho?i, mo^.t va`i co+ quan Lie^n ho+.p quo^'c cu~ng nhu+ 
My~ dda~ vie^'t Viet Nam thay vi` Vietnam. Ngu+`i My~ nay cu~ng dda~ bo?
kho^ng vie^'t Peking nhu+ tho'i quen xu+a ma` chi.u kho' bvie^'t Beijing
cho ddu'ng vo+'i phie^n a^m chi'nh thu+'c cu?a ba('c Kinh.

Vie^1.c nguo+`i "ta^y" vie^'t te^n ta thie^'u da^'u cu~ng mo^.t pha^`n do
ti'nh "de^~ da~i", ca? ne^? cu?a da^n ta. Ba?n tha^n da^n ta cu~ng tu+.
ddo^.ng vie^'t te^n mi`nh thie^'u da^'u khi vie^'t cho ta^y. Ne^'u da^n ta
co' y' thu+'c "giu+~ gi`n ba?n sa('c da^n to^.c" thi` ti`nh hi`nh dda~
kha' ho+n ru`i. Tui ddo.c sa'ch tha^'y co' nhu+~ng ca'i te^n Ba(#c A^u,
vo+'i nhu+~ng chu+~ la. la^~m ma` ho. co`n co^' ghi cho ddu'ng original
thi` ta.i sao ddo^'i vo+'i chu+~ Vie1^.t la.i bi bo? qua, trong khi ca'c
da^'u chu+~ vie1.t chi'nh la` do ca#c co^' dda.o Pha'p, Portugal, Italia
muo+.n tu+` da^'u ma' tie^'ng nuop+'c ho.

La^m.