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Translating names to Esperanto

од ljbookworm, 12. октобар 2009.

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KetchupSoldier (Погледати профил) 03. децембар 2010. 20.03.45

My name, Sonja, is pretty Esperanto-friendly as is, but I could (in theory) use "Sagxa" if I wanted to do a meaning-translation. That's what I've done with my last name for this site (privacy reasons, you understand).

Kateno (Погледати профил) 31. децембар 2010. 07.51.31

chestergirl:My name's Lauren, and when people from other countries ask what to call me, I normally say Laura since my name is somewhat masculine sounding (to me that is).

So if I was to translate mine it could be Laŭreno or something like that...still sounds like a guy's name...
Why don't you try LaŭrINo? IN ending makes it sound feminine at esperanto.

ceigered (Погледати профил) 31. децембар 2010. 15.04.34

chestergirl:My name's Lauren, and when people from other countries ask what to call me, I normally say Laura since my name is somewhat masculine sounding (to me that is).

So if I was to translate mine it could be Laŭreno or something like that...still sounds like a guy's name...
If it helps, -en is a Germanic diminuative, like in kitt-en, maid-en, so you could use that as an excuse if you ever feel the need to boost your confidence in the femininity of your name (not that I think that's necessary rideto.gif).

(Speaking of Laurens, Ralph Lauren's name was apparently "Ralph Lifshitz" before he changed it lango.gif)

EDIT: Dude who posted above has the right idea!

danielcg (Погледати профил) 03. јануар 2011. 03.48.55

ljbookworm:Lora looks nicest. ridulo.gif Does it mean anything in esperanto?
Not according to what I know.

But in Spanish it means a female parrot. Used as a girl's name, it would suggest her being ugly (just the absolute opposite of what your photo shows). BTW, I don't know why an ugly girl would be compared with a parrot, given that these animals are really beautiful.

That being said, in general I'm not in favor of translating names. As long as the original name is written by the Latin alphabet, I prefer to keep it in its original form and eventually add the approximate pronounciation in Esperanto).

E.g.: Laura [lora]

Of course if the name is originally not written with Latin letters, one must transliterate it.

E.g.: Maŭ Zedong (in old times Mao Tse Tung).

Regards,

Daniel

yugary (Погледати профил) 04. јануар 2011. 05.45.29

Sometimes you really need to translate your name, or suffer being a laughingstock. When I visit Japan, I don't use my first name (Gary), because if pronounced /geri/, with a short E, it means 'diarrhea,' and it's not always possible to forewarn a Japanese person to pronounce it with a long E, i.e. /geeri/, especially when your Japanese sucks, like mine. Using an Esperanto name that's fairly easy to pronounce might actually be a good idea when you're traveling internationally.

Auxillius (Погледати профил) 29. март 2011. 02.45.29

Saluton,

My name is Joaquin, what ways would you translate it as? Hoakin?

ceigered (Погледати профил) 29. март 2011. 03.47.14

Auxillius:Saluton,

My name is Joaquin, what ways would you translate it as? Hoakin?
Depends really, if you pronounce it like "Ŭakin", Hŭakin, Hoakin, Ĥuakin, Ĥoakin, or any other possible ways in either English/Spanish. Heck, some Australians might even say "Ĝakin" (ala "Jaquine") since it's a strange name here (although I guess in Spanish that'd sound like some sort of strange medieval dialect, or like an English speaker rido.gif). Up to you really.

Ĥoakin I'm guessing is the "traditional transliteration", e.g. it reflects how it's pronounced in a traditional Spanish accent.

That said, I've heard "H" instead of "Ĥ" before come out of a Spanish speaker's mouth before, maybe under the influence of US Spanish speakers?

erinja (Погледати профил) 29. март 2011. 13.08.58

If I were named Joaquin, I'd go by Hoakino in Esperanto.

Not everyone can pronounce ĥ easily, so even if you called yourself Ĥoakino, it would probably get turned into Hoakino by lots of people anyway.

jefusan (Погледати профил) 29. март 2011. 13.49.31

Jeff (or Jeffrey) never seems to translate well into other languages. I guess I would either go with Ĝef or Ĵef, the latter of which is how someone would say it in France.

In any group of friends, there's always someone who ends up calling me Jefe (pronounced in the Spanish way, meaning "boss" or "chief.") I imagine there's a possiblity that Hefe could end up becoming my Esperanto nickname, too. (Or Ĉefo.)

Auxillius (Погледати профил) 29. март 2011. 15.51.29

erinja:If I were named Joaquin, I'd go by Hoakino in Esperanto.

Not everyone can pronounce ĥ easily, so even if you called yourself Ĥoakino, it would probably get turned into Hoakino by lots of people anyway.
Hoakino... I like that. Also in Spanish a pet name for Joaquin is Quino so Hoakino feels pretty natural. Hŭakin looks cool too. Thanks!

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