name translation

[ShotokanKid]

Where did you learn your Japanese?

[CheerfulSpirit]

Can I please have my complete name traducted in Japanese? I've been looking all over the net for someone who could translate my last name. To no avail.

Stéphanie Chénard (pronounced Stay-fah-nee Chay-nar)

^^^ Yeah, I have a french name, but you can just make it "Stephanie Chenard". Less complicated, I guess. :3 Can you please write it so I can actually pronounce it, too? That would be very nice. Because I'm clueless as to what those signs mean, and all. XD

Thank you in advance.

[Quien]

How do you translate "Hector"?

[CheerfulSpirit]

Some site said my first name was Sutefani, while the other said Ayumi, so I'm quite confused.

[Jussi Häkkinen]

Can I please have my complete name traducted in Japanese? I've been looking all over the net for someone who could translate my last name. To no avail.

Stéphanie Chénard (pronounced Stay-fah-nee Chay-nar)

ステファニ チャイナル

(SU TE FU a NI, "a" converting "FU" to "Fa", CHI a I NA RU, "a" again converting "CHI" to "CHa").

When writing western names in Japanese, use katakana (phonetic characters that are used for writing foreign words).

Hey guys, can I get a few names translated?

Sure.

デイル ダグラス (DE I RU DA GU RA SU), Dale Douglas

スコッツ ギンヌ(SU KO tsu TSU, small "tsu" doubling the next consonant, GI N NU), Scott Ginn (with a sharp G).

マイク デサント (MA I KU DE SA N TO), Mike DeSanto.

How do you translate "Hector"?

That would be ヘクトル (HE KU TO RU).

Actually, these aren't translations - translation is to look for the words with same meaning in other language. These are transliterations, ways to write words with the characters of other language.

[cathal]

If you have the time I'd really appreciate you transliterate a name for me: Shawn Morrison

Thanks in Advance.

[Jussi Häkkinen]

Sure (although I think that this'll be my last one for a while).

Shawn Morrison

ショオン モッリソン (SHI yo - turning SHI to SYO - O N MO tsu - doubling the next consonant - RI SO N).

This did feel a bit tricky, mostly because I'm not a native English talker by myself. I had to think about the pronounciation.

If you pronounce the R shortly in your surname, drop the second character of your surname away (small "tsu" just doubles the r), making it MO RI SO N.

Another possibility would be MO RU I SO N ( モルイソン ), which might catch the pronounciation of r's in your name a bit better.

So, either...

1: ショオン モッリソン (Syoon Morrison - with sharp, long R's)

or

2: ショオン モルイソン (Syoon Moruison - with softer R).

It's up to you to choose the one that fits better.

[cathal]

The name is pronounced like "Shaw n" with a stress on the first four letters. The surname is "More ison" again with a stress on the first four letters. The "is" part is subtle compared to the first four letters, and the last two letters are pronounced like "un".

Does that make any difference?

[Jussi Häkkinen]

Well, in that case, I'd use the transliteration #2.

Sorry about the problems. Playing with 3 languages is occasionally tricky-ish, especially when Finnish is very close to Japanese pronounciation (still differs a bit).

[cathal]

No worries - I've had difficulty trying to get it done myself but I'm an amateur