Okay, this has been around a long time and is somewhat mentioned in this hint. However, I think it deserves mention in another context.If you like to keep your contacts under their proper (localized) alphabets, but want a faster way to search for them using the translit alphabet, here's how. Enter their names in the Name fields as usual, but use the "phonetic" field option in the card to enter their translit /latin-based spelling. You can, of course, also use the Nickname field for this as well, but the "phonetic" option will give you independent first, middle, and last name fields.The phonetic fields do not get searched by applications like Mail, so it does not transpose itself well -- Spotlight, however, does work.

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