tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 08 07:25:52 1996
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Re: Translating my name...
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>Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 18:04:14 -0700
>From: [email protected] (David P. Bolger)
>How would I say David Bolger in Klingon?
>David
I may have more to say on this thread later, but just think about it a
second. How do I say "Mark Shoulson" in Japanese? What does that question
mean? Does it mean how would a Japanese speaker pronounce my name to fit
the language (maruku shyurusan or something)? Or translate the old, nearly
forgotten meanings? Or what? In what sense can you ever say a proper name
in a foreign language? What is Binyamin Netanyahu's name in English?
Binyamin Netanyahu? Benjamin?
Languages aren't some simple process you can apply to all spoken items to
get one appropriate for each language. A name, usually, is just a name.
~mark
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