How do Chinese decide what names or place names to translate literally and what to transliterate phonetically?
How do Chinese decide what names or place names to translate literally and what to transliterate phonetically?
Gavin James
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Jayden Ward
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Xavier Ramirez
Exactly the same arbitrary process as in any other language I guess.
In Polish for it's acceptable to write Shakespeare as both Shakespeare and Szekspir (phonetic).
And so is F. Chopin being sometimes written as Szopen.
It is acceptable to translate Goerge Washington as Jerzy Waszyngton too but noone translated George Bush as Jerzy Busz.
Jack Williams
By the CCCSL
Chinese Communist Committee on Standardization of the Language
You're welcome. now get the fuck off
Camden Ortiz
Interesting.
Japan does it sometimes. For example sample Pearl Harbor is called "真珠湾" which literally means pearl-harbor
Daniel Carter
That's pretty interesting.
Camden Green
In France it may vary. Like San Sebastian is called Saint Sébastien, Santiago de Compostela is called Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, or Munich for München, or Londres for London, while Los Angeles is actually called Los Angeles instead of Les Anges, or Tokyo is called Tokyo instead of Capitale de l'Est.
Alexander Smith
The trend is all phonetic now.
Aaron Reyes
Chinese is a homophonic language, which makes it difficult to transliterate anything without it sounding crazy. I remember struggling with the transliteration of 'Clinton' until I had to ask a Chinese native speaker what the hell they were talking about. You also have to understand Chinese is a highly contextual, idiomatic language - that's why it sounds crazy to anyone that isn't a native speaker.
still easier than French though. Fuck those guys.
Jonathan Moore
Depend by convention.
Ancient times Chinese like translate names literally, modern time Chinese transliterate names phonetically.
Jack Lewis
the Japanese Ate-ji"当て字" culture. you must know
Some Japanese write yoroshiku means "welcome" as 夜露死苦。
Doraemon is 怒羅衛門
Aiden Long
i think you need to work on your English reading comprehension. I have no idea what you are trying to express.
Liam Thompson
The Kanji users are trying use Kanji to transliterate the names from other Language phonetically.
Jack Lewis
I have never seen よろしく written like that
Gavin Murphy
sorry fix the post
The Kanji users are trying use Kanji to transliterate the names from other Language phonetically very hard.
But iits not only sounds crazy but looks crazy.
And some of Kanji users like this. Its now become a type of meme about to transliterate other Language more crazy.
Luis Sullivan
Blake Wright
but we are talking about Chinese. Hanzi is not the same as Kanji; the Japanese adapted it from Hanzi but it's not the same.
Carson Kelly
>wheat work
lmao
Julian Martin
well , even Hanzi or Kanji,users make something crazy phonetically transliteration like what i said to have fun.
Ian Cruz
>transcribing languages that use the same script as yours
Eli King
当て字 is a kanji used as a phonetic symbol rather than for its meaning
Example
夜露死苦(welcome)
夜 Yo 露 ro 死 shi 苦 ku
→ Yoroshiku
Dylan Price
Using the Kanji 死 and 苦 connotations -_-
I can't imagined it used in a serious manner
Cameron Bennett
夜露死苦 is ヤンキー用語 (a jargon of wicked young man)
So, 死 and 苦 are used
Aaron Gomez
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James Cox
Why bump this? I think the question has been answered.
Place names phonetically, companies often market themselves with a Chinese name they thought of themselves that may be part phonetic, part literal.