How do you translate sounds into japanese that don't exist in Japanese.
For example my name is Avi Feygin. How would that be both written or said in Japanese. V and y don't exist.
It isn't done by a letter-for-letter transliteration.
"V" sounds typically get replaced by "b". I don't know where you get the idea that "Y" doesn't exist in Japanese. At any rate, it is moot since the "y" contributes nothing to the pronunciation of your name. Free Essay A Study of Brand Name translation in China::
Nov 26, 2006 Various translation principles have been proposed, . The new translated brand name should sound similar, if not exactly the same, The so-called literal translation in this paper is equivalent to Newmark's . Translation companies in China usually do not offer brand name translation.
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http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/fagin Is this how your name is pronounced? If so, the y serves no actual phonetic purpose other than to mark the change in vowel quality.
The dash is a katakana character that means the preceding vowel is longer and doesn't change in quality; an extended monopthong.
Avi Feygin
アビ・フェイゲン
Would be the closest approximation, if it's pronounced the way I've heard it.
I think what Mike Cash meant is that the Y in your name is not pronounced like the japanese Y, since it is only used as part of a vowel sound. Your first name could probably be written a number of ways, depending on how you would prefer it pronounced. アビ is the simplest way to do it.
Not ever having actually heard your name, I would guess the following:
Avi
アビ
アビー
アヴィ
アヴィー
Feygin
フェーギン
what exactly is the character ー
the y is pronounced as a consonant at the end of a syllable by the way.
no its more like fey gin with a hard G.
the ー character extends the vogal. アビー transcribed into romaji would be something like abii.
edit: not to be confused with 一 (ichi).
what are you talking about in my last name the y is not silent.
Like Faa-why-gin instead of Faa-gin?
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