I have a translation question and hope that some one can help. Is Vaclav translated to english Jan? Many thanks, Marj
Marj, Vaclav does not translate to William or Jan. Many who came to the US adopted another name or were given another name recognized in English. There is no English equivalent to Vaclav and Jan is equivalent to John. ron At 07:39 PM 11/26/2007, you wrote: >I have a translation question and hope that some one can help. > > Is Vaclav translated to english Jan? > > Many thanks, Marj > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message
william ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marj Wood" <marj_wood@shaw.ca> To: <czech-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 8:39 PM Subject: [CZ] Fw: Translation > > > > I have a translation question and hope that some one can help. > > Is Vaclav translated to english Jan? > > Many thanks, Marj > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >
Hi, Marj. We've had much discussion on the List about this in the past. It seems that many immigrants (or the immigrant agent[s] that processed them) did not feel the real translation to Wenceslaus (both German and English) sounded American, so they changed it. The most popular choice was James. But it's really Wenceslaus. See page 110 of Daniel M. Schlyter, Czechoslovakia, A Handbook of Czechoslovak Genealogical Research. See also page 101 of Olga K. Miller, Genealogical Research for Czech and Slovak Americans, Detroit: Gale Research Co. Olga is a former research consultant for the LDS Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City. Joe Marj Wood wrote: > >I have a translation question and hope that some one can help. > > Is Vaclav translated to english Jan? > > Many thanks, Marj > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >