docs: def dumps(self):
          """Dump the name to string, after normalizing it."""
          def _is_initial(author_name):
              return len(author_name) == 1 or u'.' in author_name
  
          def _ensure_dotted_initials(author_name):
              if _is_initial(author_name) \
                      and u'.' not in author_name:
                  seq = (author_name, u'.')
                  author_name = u''.join(seq)
              return author_name
  
          def _ensure_dotted_suffixes(author_suffix):
              if u'.' not in author_suffix:
                  seq = (author_suffix, u'.')
                  author_suffix = u''.join(seq)
              return author_suffix
  
          def _is_roman_numeral(suffix):
              """Controls that the user's input only contains valid roman numerals"""
              valid_roman_numerals = [u'M', u'D', u'C', u'L', u'X',
                                      u'V', u'I', u'(', u')']
              return all(letters in valid_roman_numerals
                         for letters in suffix.upper())
  
          first_and_middle_names = iter(_ensure_dotted_initials(name) for name in self.first_list)
          try:
              prev = next(first_and_middle_names)
          except StopIteration:
              LOGGER.warning(u"Cannot process %s properly",
                             self._parsed_name.original)
              prev = self._parsed_name.original
          names_with_spaces = [prev]
  
          for name in first_and_middle_names:
              if not _is_initial(name) or not _is_initial(prev):
                  names_with_spaces.append(' ')
              prev = name
              names_with_spaces.append(prev)
  
          normalized_names = u''.join(names_with_spaces)
  
          if _is_roman_numeral(self.suffix):
              suffix = self.suffix.upper()
          else:
              suffix = _ensure_dotted_suffixes(self.suffix)
  
          final_name = u', '.join(
              part for part in (self.last, normalized_names.strip(), suffix)
              if part)
  
          # Replace unicode curly apostrophe to normal apostrophe.
          final_name = final_name.replace(u'’', '\'')
  
          return final_name