| '''Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic:''' Apply the alternative when the first element of the preferred name begins with either a given name or a surname. If a person is likely to appear in general English-language reference sources, search the ''[https://www.larousse.fr/ Encyclopédie Larousse]'', the ''[https://petitrobert12.lerobert.com/robert.asp Petit Robert]'' and the ''[http://www.universalis-edu.com/ Encyclopædia Universalis]''<!--Academic American Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia Americana, and the New Encyclopaedia Britannica-->. If the name is found in all three sources in a single form, use that form. If the form varies in these three sources, use the form found in the ''[https://www.larousse.fr/ Encyclopédie Larousse]'' <!--''New Encyclopaedia Britannica''-->. If the name is not found in all three of these sources, use the systematically romanized form of the name. ''Exception:'' For famous persons entered under given name but not found in all three of the general French-language encyclopedias because of specialized fame, consult major specialized encyclopedias (e.g., Le nouveau Théo de Michel Dubost et Stanislas Lalanne, le Dictionnaire de l’Antiquité de Jean Leclant <!--New Catholic Encyclopedia, The Oxford Classical Dictionary-->) to determine if there is a well-established French-language form of the name. ("Found in" the reference source means that there is an article under the person’s name.) | | '''Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic:''' Apply the alternative when the first element of the preferred name begins with either a given name or a surname. If a person is likely to appear in general English-language reference sources, search the ''[https://www.larousse.fr/ Encyclopédie Larousse]'', the ''[https://petitrobert12.lerobert.com/robert.asp Petit Robert]'' and the ''[http://www.universalis-edu.com/ Encyclopædia Universalis]''<!--Academic American Encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia Americana, and the New Encyclopaedia Britannica-->. If the name is found in all three sources in a single form, use that form. If the form varies in these three sources, use the form found in the ''[https://www.larousse.fr/ Encyclopédie Larousse]'' <!--''New Encyclopaedia Britannica''-->. If the name is not found in all three of these sources, use the systematically romanized form of the name. ''Exception:'' For famous persons entered under given name but not found in all three of the general French-language encyclopedias because of specialized fame, consult major specialized encyclopedias (e.g., Le nouveau Théo de Michel Dubost et Stanislas Lalanne, le Dictionnaire de l’Antiquité de Jean Leclant <!--New Catholic Encyclopedia, The Oxford Classical Dictionary-->) to determine if there is a well-established French-language form of the name. ("Found in" the reference source means that there is an article under the person’s name.) |