Hungarian Treatment of Foreign Names in Hungarian
This way of writing names is not used for people who are not Hungarian (or not from another country where Eastern name order is used). For example, "Tony Blair" will stay as "Tony Blair" in Hungarian texts. However names with an important tradition actually are translated and written in the Hungarian way, like Kálvin János for John Calvin.
Leaders of countries are translated only in the case of Monarchs and members of their family. For example, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom becomes II. Erzsébet, and Pope Benedict XVI becomes XVI. Benedek pápa, but Fidel Castro remains the way.
The names of some people born before the 20th century have been Magyarized. For example Jules Verne's name is often written as Verne Gyula, and has Hungarian pronunciation.
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