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gabe81
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Given that there are obligatory lessons of English in most of the schools, and that people know at least basics of the language, there isn't a big problem with pronoucing English names and writing them phonetically.
Although, there is a habit of using Polish equivalents for historic persons (George Washington is Jerzy Waszyngton, Queen Victoria is Królowa Wiktoria etc), and there is (was?) a law, that names given to children has to have Polish pronounciation, so to avoid people calling a kid for exemple [Yessicka], they are writing it 'Dżesika'. But foreign people's names are always reffered with original spelling.