Name translation

[º-Tenshi_Karasu-º]

hi ppl.
my name is Raquel, and my wiccan name is Valkery, what are their translations in japanese and their kanjis?
thankx

[Dreams]

Raquel: "rakeru" ラケル

Valkery: ヴァークーリ or バークーリ: they're both pronounced "baakuuri", but the first translation uses the ヴァ "va" kana, while the second one uses バ "ba". So Japanese people who read the first one just might pronounce the V sound. Perhaps. ^_^ If they're familiar with English.

[º-Tenshi_Karasu-º]

arigato!!!!!!!!!

[geishaboy]

The only thing close to a kanji for those names is for Valkery, and thats only if you choose to pronounce it "baakuuri"

婆空理 meaning "Old womans abstract reasoning"

[º-Tenshi_Karasu-º]

cool, i like it.
what about raquel, does that have a meaning in japanese, 'cause somebody told me something about a kanji like rakurei instead of rakeru. what doo you think?
love
val

[Ryukon]

"Raquel" is a foreign name. Even though it sounds the same as a Japanese word, it doesn't really make it the same, so, no, "Raquel" is just "rakeru" with no meaning, basically.

[Dreams]

You can pick kanji for your name syllable by syllable if you want to put a lot of time into it and hunt down special meanings. Then you could use the katakana above the kanji (making it furigana) to show the pronounciation.

But that's just for fun, it really wouldn't make much sense to native Japanese people.

[Roy Hughes]

Yes, it is.

Thanks, dude!

[geishaboy]

You can pick kanji for your name syllable by syllable if you want to put a lot of time into it and hunt down special meanings. Then you could use the katakana above the kanji (making it furigana) to show the pronounciation.

But that's just for fun, it really wouldn't make much sense to native Japanese people.

Yeah, the only hard part about making kanji names like that is that because they are compounded, you normally have to use the on readings

And then after that you need to make sure it loosely makes sense, it's pretty pointless putting kanji together that would literally mean "pot lid apple monkey" or something

[º-Tenshi_Karasu-º]

ok, thanks, guys! but i woul still like to try that, unfortunatly i don't know a thing about japanese, i woul love to learn, but it's practically imposible in my country... can someone help me out?
Love all you guys!!!

[º-Tenshi_Karasu-º]

hi again!
can you help me translate these names to JPN? i know they r quite a few, but please help me...
-Mickel
-Alexandra
-Isabel
-João (john)
-Paulo (paul)
-Zélia
-Francisco
-Teresa
-Vanessa
-Cátia
-Tânia
-Margarida
-Cláudia
-Liliana
-Carlos
-Catarina
-Ana
-Angelo
-Sara

Thanks!!! Could you also give me the kanji and meaning of these names?
-Reika
-Shinozuka
-Sakura
-sakuya
-Megumi
-Arashi
-Izumi
-Kyohei
-Hibiki
-Kouji (ring a bell?)
-Kouichi (ring a bell?)

THANKS!!!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Val

[Dreams]

Can't do the kana here at work, but:

-Mickel - Mikeru
-Alexandra - Arekusandora
-Isabel - Isaberu
-João (john) ...I don't know how to pronoune this. Is it Portuguese? Can you give me the pronounciation?
-Paulo (paul) - Pauro/Paaro ? Not really sure of the original pronounciation.
-Zélia - Zeria
-Francisco - Furanshisuko
-Teresa - Tarisa
-Vanessa - Banesa
-Cátia - Kachia/Katea ...not sure how to pronounce this either.
-Tânia - Tania
-Margarida - Marugarida
-Cláudia - Kuraadia/Kuraudia
-Liliana - Ririana
-Carlos - Kaarosu
-Catarina - Katarina
-Ana - Ana
-Angelo - Anjero ...or would it be Anhero?
-Sara - Sera

What country are you from? Some of those look familiar from Spanish class, but with the ã, I'm thinking it's not Spanish. ^^;

As for translating those names...
Did you just pick these, or are they from somewhere? If they're from an anime or the name of a voice actor, pop star, etc, it'll be easier to look up the kanji for that particular name.

Because otherwise... most of those names have 100+ readings. Some have 20-50. It'd be too time consuming for me to do them all for you.

I can tell you some common words that coincide with the names:

Sakura - cherry blossom
Megumi - blessing
Arashi - storm
Izumi - (water) spring
Hibiki - echo

Hope that helps a bit!

[º-Tenshi_Karasu-º]

yep, it helps a lot!! some of them are from some JPN friends of mine , but others are from animes. like Hibiki-vandread, shinozuka-gadguard, kyohei-burst angel, koji & kouichi-digimon 4.

by the way, i'm from portugal, thats next to spain, i do speak a little spanish, but those names are portuguese.
they r prononced like this:
-joão -jo-an-ou
-paulo -pah-ou-lou
-catia -cáh-ti-ah
-angelo -ân-éh-lou

does this help?
hey, Dreams, if you're interested in portuguese i can help.

Thanks!!!!!

[Dreams]

Is Portuguese similar to Spanish? I might be able to pick up on some of it then.

João: Joanoo
Paulo: Paooro
Catia: Katia
Angelo: Anhero

...Haha, I hope. Sounds close enough.
I'll look up the anime names when I have some more time.

[º-Tenshi_Karasu-º]

ok
thanks
yes, portuguese is similar to spanish in terms of words, but not of verbal construction, but it's easy.
can't talk much now. i'll post in later.

love ya all!!!!!

[º-Tenshi_Karasu-º]

hey dreams here are some other names of friends of that i'd like to see translated, please....
tatsuro
sayaka
aiko
ayano
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!