地名是地理实体的名称,是社会交往的工具,是地理现象,更是语言现象。受到政治、经济、文化各种因素的影响。在信息化的今天,地名是社会、经济统计信息与空间信息的桥梁和纽带,随着我国对外交往的不断深入,我国对汉字书写外国地名的规范化关注程度需要提高,在此有必要阐述我国用汉字书写外国地名的原则和方法,以规范我国各种地图,地名录上的地名标 Place names are the names of geographical entities, social interaction tools, geographical phenomena, but also linguistic phenomena. By the political, economic and cultural factors. In today’s informationalization, place names are the bridge and link between social and economic statistics information and spatial information. With the continuous deepening of foreign exchanges in our country, our country needs to pay more attention to the standardization of the writing of foreign place names by Chinese characters. Therefore, it is necessary to explain that Chinese writing principles and methods of foreign names, in order to regulate our various maps, place names on the list of places