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minus-squareidahocomlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI mean theoretically if a logographic orthography for western languages existed like it does for Japanese there would be no need for phonetic translation.
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [they/she]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoDid you get your terms mixed up? Japanese uses katakana for foreign transcription which is a perfectly phonetic alphabet.
minus-squareidahocomlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoJapanese use Kanji for things like names. Which makes translating Japanese names into Chinese much easier.
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [they/she]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoSure but plenty of people do have given names in kana
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