Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net writes:
Some people may very well consider "Einstein, Albert" to be ugly, but it's not grammatically incorrect. There are languages (like Hungarian) where it's considered normal.
No, in Hungarian it is "Einstein Albert".
Sorting by family or last name by default and switching the sequence of the parts of the name is a western stupidity. Stay away from it and lot a lot artificial problems disappear.
At http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/translation/HTML/ we are sorting translator names as supplied by the translator and nobody complained ever.