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by bane 4336 days ago
Out of curiosity, how would I send an email to somebody who's address is in a language I can't type?
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In addition to copying the address, you can also use a virtual keyboard to map your existing keyboard to the keyboard of another language. I know that OS X has this built in, and I am assuming Windows does too.
I have a business card and the email address is in a language I don't know how to type (having a virtual keyboard doesn't mean I know how to reproduce the actual characters, which is true for many languages).

Or worse, somebody is trying to give me their address over the phone.

Here's an example: Try to figure out how to type:

宮本茂@任天堂株式会社.com

Here's another I'm pretty certain I can't figure out with a virtual keyboard.

প্রিয়াংশু.চ্যাটার্জী@बॉलीवुड.com

How about mixed languages? Like the case of a foreign worker assigned to another foreign department in yet a third country.

김기덕@बॉलीवुड.ประเทศไทย.com

I'm not going to tell you what languages these are in. Just pretend you were handed these on business cards or saw them on a slide deck at a conference and can't get a digital copy. Let me know how it goes.

Copy & Paste?