Essays about: "Japanese onomastics"

Found 2 essays containing the words Japanese onomastics.

1. 1. From Desumasu to Buzzwole: A categorization of Japanese-to-English translation methods in localized Pokémon names

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Don Arvidsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Japanese; English; translation; localization; video game; Pokémon; onomastics; character naming; literary onomastics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study explored the localization of the fictional species names in the Pokémon multimedia franchise. The relations and changes between the semantic units included in 807 Pokémon names were analysed using a framework of existing translational categories of proper names within onomastics (Vermes 2001, Ainiala, Saarelma and Sjöblom 2012), semantic analysis (Nida 1975) and general translation theories (Vinay and Darbelnet 1958). READ MORE

3. 2. The Transcription of Foreign Personal Names into Kanji

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Joel Fredriksson; [2017]
   Keywords : Japanese onomastics; Japanese toponymy; Japanese prosody; bimoraic segmentation; kirakira names; on reading; kun reading; loan names; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study relates to the transcription of foreign personal names into kanji in Japanese. The study is based upon a paper where Tokimoto & d’Arcais (2000) confirmed three working principles when natives transcribe place names written in hiragana: that jukugo reading will be preferred over juubako reading, that as few kanji segmentations as possible will be used, and that the names will be segmented bimoraically from the beginning of the word. READ MORE