I don't know Chinese either. I think some are basically phonetic transliterations (e.g. "Anna" and "Elias") while others are based on looking up the original meanings of the names and then translating them. The etymology of Pritchard is "Son of Richard," so I'm not sure how that became "Li" either, but I know some Western names have standard Chinese translations.
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Date: 2014-09-10 10:21 am (UTC)