I don't know Japanese, but if the article Katakana in the English Wikipedia is correct, then ジョアン is probably a good transcription, as in ジョアン・ミロ.
2010/12/11 whym <[email protected]>: > Hi Amir, > > Thank you for clarification! That helps us very much. > And sorry for making the confusion. /dʒ/ and /ʒ/ are always mixed-up > in Japanese... > > Best, > Whym > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Amir E. Aharoni > <[email protected]> wrote: >> J is /ʒ/ - not like 'g' in George, but like 's' in pleasure. Look at >> the interwiki links for the article Joan Miró in Wikipedia - >> Bulgarian, Russian and Georgian are transliterated correctly; Persian >> and Greek are transliterated incorrectly... >> >> (link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Miro ) >> >> 2010/12/11 whym <[email protected]>: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I assume she was asking about the first consonant in his given name, >>> 'Joan', not his family name. >>> Is it /ʒ/, like 'g' in George (as an English name), or something different? >>> >>> Best, >>> Whym >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Nicolas Driutti <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> It's a hard G as the g you get in the words "goat" or "goose", hope it >>>> helps. >>>> >>>> Nicolas >>>> >>>> 2010/12/10 KIZU Naoko <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> What is his name's pronunciation? Specially the first consonant: G in >>>>> George (as English name) or like H or F? Need to know for >>>>> transliteration. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Sam Chapman <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > Greetings Translators! >>>>> > >>>>> > There is a new request on the meta translation hub. It is located under >>>>> > "Editor Appeals" at: >>>>> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Translation >>>>> > Currently we need the appeal from Author Joan Gomà to be translated: >>>>> > >>>>> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2010/Joan_Gom%C3%A0_Appeal >>>>> > >>>>> > There will be more editor appeals added here throughout the fundraiser. >>>>> > Stay tuned! >>>>> > >>>>> > Many thanks, >>>>> > ~schapman >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > Sam Chapman >>>>> > Wikimedia Foundation >>>>> > >>>>> > [email protected] >>>>> > >>>>> > Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in >>>>> > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! >>>>> > >>>>> > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > Translators-l mailing list >>>>> > [email protected] >>>>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 >>>>> member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 >>>>> http://kansai.wikimedia.jp >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Translators-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Translators-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Translators-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Translators-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l > _______________________________________________ Translators-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l
