Wednesday, August 10, 2011

How is my name pronounced in Japanese?

Question:


Just curious. My name in Chinese characters is 李相奉.

Answer:


For the Japanese 李相奉 will automatically not appear as any regular Japanese name, indicating it to be a foreign name, in which case a romanized (English) or katakana pronunciation of your name would be asked for.

For foreigners (even ones that use Chinese characters in their names) it is standard practice for Japanese to transliterate your name as how it is pronounced instead of how it is translated via Chinese characters.

In the end, in Japanese it will come out in Katakana or Romaji spelling of your name.

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