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minus-squareidahocom@lemmygrad.mlhexbear3·1 year agoI mean theoretically if a logographic orthography for western languages existed like it does for Japanese there would be no need for phonetic translation. linkfedilink
minus-squareShinhoshi@lemmygrad.mlhexbear3·1 year agoDid you get your terms mixed up? Japanese uses katakana for foreign transcription which is a perfectly phonetic alphabet. linkfedilink
minus-squareidahocom@lemmygrad.mlhexbear1·1 year agoJapanese use Kanji for things like names. Which makes translating Japanese names into Chinese much easier. linkfedilink
minus-squareShinhoshi@lemmygrad.mlhexbear1·1 year agoSure but plenty of people do have given names in kana linkfedilink
I mean theoretically if a logographic orthography for western languages existed like it does for Japanese there would be no need for phonetic translation.
Did you get your terms mixed up? Japanese uses katakana for foreign transcription which is a perfectly phonetic alphabet.
Japanese use Kanji for things like names. Which makes translating Japanese names into Chinese much easier.
Sure but plenty of people do have given names in kana