When Finnish coder Bemmu Sepponen and his wife, who is Japanese, were having a baby, they wanted to find a name that would work in both their languages. So, he decided to code a tool that could help. Now, the tool is online and supports 42 languages and cultures. Host Carol Hills speaks to Sepponen from Tokushima, Japan.
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