What's In A Name?

[Johann]

My real name is John. I've taken a fair amount of language classes over the years. Back in the 50s I was called "Johann" in German class, as that's the correct translation of my name. I've also been "Jean" in French class, "Iohannes" in Latin, "Juan" in Spanish, "Ivan" in Ukrainian, "Giovanni" in Italian class and "Tang Guo Qiang," which was neat, but no kind of direct translation, in Mandarin. Our kind teacher, Ms. Liang, picked that name for me.

Johann