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| pon pon |
 Posted: Oct 06, 2010 6:48 pm |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 994
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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recently, Google's translation of Ai Otsuka's name in Japanese (大塚 愛) has been coming out as Ootsuka Megumi. is this a valid alternate translation of her Japanese name?
if not, then i wonder if it is some sort of Google bomb by some person/group to get the translation of her name changed. if this is the case, then the way to correct it would be to "vote" for an "Ai Otsuka" translation by hovering your mouse over Ootsuka Megumi and clicking on "Contribute a better translation:". if enough people do it then it should revert back to "Ai Otsuka". |
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| Koda |
| Posted: Oct 06, 2010 6:55 pm |
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クラゲ, 流れ星
Joined: 27 Oct 2008
Posts: 12319
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The kanji for 愛 is usable in many names, and it is pronounceable as 'めぐみ'. Comprehensive dictionary Denshi Jisho shows a list of probable pronunciation for the 'Ai' kanji:
Quote: Japanese names: あ、 あし、 え、 かな、 なる、 まな、 めぐ、 めぐみ、 よし
http://jisho.org/kanji/details/%E6%84%9B
So "Megumi" is possible, but less probable than "Ai". I wonder how and why "Megumi" shows up, though  Never heard of any Otsuka Megumi's out there.... |
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| chokokokoa |
| Posted: Oct 06, 2010 11:18 pm |
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恋愛写真
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Posts: 1480
Location: Indoneshia
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As I'm studying Japanese academically, I would not take my reference just from Denshi Jisho.
The kanji 愛 are pronounce as:
1. Ai (for on'yomi)
2. Ito * (for kun'yomi)
3. Me ** (for kun'yomi)
4. Mana *** (for kun'yomi)
5. U **** (for kun'yomi)
* The pronounciation of Ito cannot stand alone and it's part of Itoshii (愛しい).
** The pronounciation of Me cannot stand alone and it's part of Mederu (愛でる).
*** The pronounciation of Mana cannot stand alone and it's part of Manadeshi (愛弟子) and Manamusume (愛娘).
**** The pronounciation of U cannot stand alone and it's part of Ui (愛い).
Additional pronounciations:
1. E * (for kun'yomi)
2. O ** (for kun'yomi)
* The pronounciation of E cannot stand alone and it's part of Ehime (愛媛).
** The pronounciation of O cannot stand alone and it's part of Oshimu (愛しむ). But this is an obsolete pronounciation and no longer used now. |
Last edited by chokokokoa on Oct 07, 2010 3:28 am; edited 1 time in total |
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| flintandtas |
| Posted: Oct 07, 2010 12:58 am |
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クラゲ, 流れ星
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Posts: 8437
Location: Sydney, Australia
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I've noticed this as well and am quite annoyed by it  Actually I see sometimes it translated as Megumi and Ai in the same article which is really strange
Megumi though, is a valid translation for 愛 (for names anyway), an example is, 中島 愛 Nakajima Megumi.
... maybe its all her fault 
Anyway, I think the only thing that can be done is pon pon's suggestion, suggest an alternative translation, and hopefully if enough people do it, it will revert back to showing Ai.
Just as an aside, in one of the chat room games, we noticed if you translate Koda to Japanese, and then retranslate it back to english using google translate, you get Kumi  |
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| chokokokoa |
| Posted: Oct 07, 2010 3:23 am |
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恋愛写真
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Posts: 1480
Location: Indoneshia
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flintandtas wrote: Megumi though, is a valid translation for 愛 (for names anyway), an example is, 中島 愛 Nakajima Megumi.
Yes, I just wanted to add the possibility for names.
As I wrote earlier is for pronounciations of Japanese language, not related to names. But based on academic, which is not studies about names.
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| chokokokoa |
| Posted: Sep 01, 2011 5:57 am |
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恋愛写真
Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Posts: 1480
Location: Indoneshia
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It seems the google translations of Ai-chin's name are now correct again.  |
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