Finding a Japanese Name

[Rondillo]

I got this link from the Learn Korean Thread: http://www.learnkoreanlanguage.com/need-install.html

But it should work anyways. Just replace Japanese instead of Korean when adding the languages. I have both . If you have Vista, the directory should be the same, but probably a little bit trickier to find but Vista for sure should have it. I know in Windows XP you sometimes have to download it...

[mhyu]

for the OP, I'd say キャサリン instead of カテリン
All the Jessica I've known, we called them ジェシカ without the "tittyai tsu" Jye-shi-ka
just my two cents.

for the IME on XP, it's usually on the install CD.
Go to the control panel | Regional and language option | Languages | Details then you can add Japanese.

[jezalin]

weLL..

tHanKs guYs (raNdiLLo, mHyU)..

juSt a quEstiON...

whEn wiLL i uSe san, kuN anD chAn??

i knoW thAt iT is uSed in the nAmes but i am coNfused...

[Rondillo]

San is used whenever you want to add more respect to a person's name, especially if you don't know the other person personally, you must always say it to be respectful.

Kun is used for boys and chan is used for girls as a way to call someone of younger or same age/generation in a cute and friendly way.

[jezalin]

Rondillo Wrote:San is used whenever you want to add more respect to a person's name, especially if you don't know the other person personally, you must always say it to be respectful.

Kun is used for boys and chan is used for girls as a way to call someone of younger or same age/generation in a cute and friendly way.

hehe...
okiE.. i uNdErsTand noW...


hoW aboUT ginji nd midou bAn in get BackErs..
ginGi caLLed gingi-chan aNd baN caLLed Ban-cHan
you said cHan is uSed for giRLs...

[Rondillo]

Well chan is typically used for girls, but chan is a more feminine of kun. So I guess if you were to use chan on a guy, it would be a more cuter way? I'm not sure about that.

[domo_kun]

what would Calvin be..? cuz in chinese translation to english it would start with the last name. but for western people who want to know their name i think it would start with their first name example Michael Jackson (Mai Go Jik Sun)

[Rondillo]

Your name domo-kun would be カルヴィン --　ka-ru-vi-n　

...or maybe カルビン --　ka-ru-bi-n

[TN1]

what about mine? my old username?

[Rondillo]

your name would probably be トラストノワン　or to-ra-su-to-no-wa-n

This is for sure wrong though. I'm a little rusty with translating the "tru" and "st" parts of the name. But I think the way I did it sounds right...