harley45 Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Or more to the point write it? I am going to have a set of alumnagrips made up with a tiger on one side and thought my first name in japanese would be kinda neat on the other side or my initials. Anybody wanna help. Thanks Eric or in this case EWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 The only help I can give is. Find a person of Japanese heritage to do the engraving! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Don't do it. Phonetically it will be what you want. On the other hand, the favorite form of Japanese humor is word play. You have no idea what it might mean to a native speaker. Over the years I have seen too many chuckles when a native Japanese points to the "Name" embroidered in kanji on a gi and asks what's that? Or live dangerously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) My mom's Japanese. You'll want to use katakana. It's the Japanese character set that is mainly used for foreign words and names. For you, you'll want the three characters: "e" "ri" "ku". The link below will show you the characters and will even show you the stroke order to write them. Go here: katakana guide <snip>Over the years I have seen too many chuckles when a native Japanese points to the "Name" embroidered in kanji on a gi and asks what's that? That's still better than someone asking the same question and pointing at a tattoo! Edited June 17, 2006 by mpolans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Sam38 used to work as a translator/interpretor, I believe. Send him a PM or email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harley45 Posted June 17, 2006 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 Thnaks guys for the help I also had some other folks P.M. me with the characters and so far they all seem to be a match, so unless alot of people have the same sense of humor I should be in pretty good shape. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 You only need to look at the english slogans on the clothing of Japanese exchange students to understand why direct translations are a dangerous endeavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam38 Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 My mom's Japanese. You'll want to use katakana. It's the Japanese character set that is mainly used for foreign words and names. For you, you'll want the three characters: "e" "ri" "ku". The link below will show you the characters and will even show you the stroke order to write them. Go here: katakana guide +1 on what Mark says. Japanese use katagana for the names of no kanji writing system area foreigners and think it tremendously hilarious when white or black people try to use kanji for their names. Your name in Japanese katagana would be エリック and it would be pronounced eh ri kku. Hope this helps. Sam Spiteri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 What ever happened to Rikarin? Sorry for the thread drift here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 What ever happened to Rikarin?Sorry for the thread drift here The question on my lips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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