Phonetic transliteration of a Western full name 'Marlin/Marlene Dean'. The dot · separates given name from surname — standard Chinese convention for Western names.
迪恩 is the conventional rendering of the surname 'Dean' (also seen for James Dean,
詹姆斯·
迪恩).
马琳 typically renders 'Marlin' or 'Marlene'; the more common form for the actress Marlene Dietrich is
玛琳·
黛德丽.
