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kalasni

有很多地方把他译作查理大公。
我想Karl（英文Carl）和Charles还是有差别的吧？怎么这么奇怪呢？

iron duke

因为英文名Charles是从德文名Karl间接演变过来的，都是“自由人”的意思。
http://www.germanculture.com.ua/ ... an_names_boys_c.htm
CHARLES
is a beautiful male first name with Old German roots. It has a positive meaning: "free man". It came from Karl, familiar to Old English "churl", which means "man, serf". It is a saint's name. Charles and its variants are favoured by the royal persons of many countries. Charlie and Charly are used for girls sometimes.

Charles has more than 29 variant forms: Cale, Carel, Carl, Carlo, Carlos, Carrol, Carroll, Cary, Caryl, Chad, Charleson, Charley, Charlie, Charlot, Charls, Charlton, Charly, Chas, Chaz, Chick, Chip, Chuck, Curley, Karel, Karl, Karol, Karolek, Karolik and Karoly.

kalasni

原帖由 iron duke 于 2008-10-22 17:44 发表
因为英文名Charles是从德文名Karl间接演变过来的，都是“自由人”的意思。
http://www.germanculture.com.ua/ ... an_names_boys_c.htm
CHARLES
is a beautiful male first name with Old German roots. It has a ...

原来西班牙语里的“卡洛斯（Carlos）”也是由这个变过来的，长见识了。谢谢公爵