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iLLmaticV3 on 29 December 2009

Haha, this guy has a lot of free time.



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Icyedge on 29 December 2009
RolStoppable said:
How is "Nomula" Japanase for "Nomura"? As far as I know the Japanese have a hard time pronouncing the letter L, because that sound isn't part of their language.

An R is pronounce between an R and L in Japanese. Its a bit nearer L actually.



Millennium on 29 December 2009
RolStoppable said:
How is "Nomula" Japanase for "Nomura"? As far as I know the Japanese have a hard time pronouncing the letter L, because that sound isn't part of their language.

It isn't Japanese for Nomura (which is itself Japanese), but "Nomula" is technically also a valid way to spell it in romaji. Of course, technically you could spell it however you wanted in romaji, since you're changing the script it was defined in anyway, but the systems that have been organized for this sort of thing are fairly consistent. On the R-versus-L issue, though, the systems differ.

Japanese doesn't have sounds for R or L as English-speakers tend to think of them, but it does have a sound somewhere in between the two, and this sound appears in Nomura's name. It can be romanized as either R or L, depending on the system used. However, Nomura himself seems to prefer using an R.



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Icyedge on 29 December 2009
Millennium said:
RolStoppable said:
How is "Nomula" Japanase for "Nomura"? As far as I know the Japanese have a hard time pronouncing the letter L, because that sound isn't part of their language.

It isn't Japanese for Nomura (which is itself Japanese), but "Nomula" is technically also a valid way to spell it in romaji. Of course, technically you could spell it however you wanted in romaji, since you're changing the script it was defined in anyway, but the systems that have been organized for this sort of thing are fairly consistent. On the R-versus-L issue, though, the systems differ.

Japanese doesn't have sounds for R or L as English-speakers tend to think of them, but it does have a sound somewhere in between the two, and this sound appears in Nomura's name. It can be romanized as either R or L, depending on the system used. However, Nomura himself seems to prefer using an R.

I always learned (courses and book) that the official translation is to use an R even if the sound is actually closer to L. Which different system are you talking about?



CommonMan on 29 December 2009
Icyedge said:
Millennium said:
RolStoppable said:
How is "Nomula" Japanase for "Nomura"? As far as I know the Japanese have a hard time pronouncing the letter L, because that sound isn't part of their language.

It isn't Japanese for Nomura (which is itself Japanese), but "Nomula" is technically also a valid way to spell it in romaji. Of course, technically you could spell it however you wanted in romaji, since you're changing the script it was defined in anyway, but the systems that have been organized for this sort of thing are fairly consistent. On the R-versus-L issue, though, the systems differ.

Japanese doesn't have sounds for R or L as English-speakers tend to think of them, but it does have a sound somewhere in between the two, and this sound appears in Nomura's name. It can be romanized as either R or L, depending on the system used. However, Nomura himself seems to prefer using an R.

I always learned (courses and book) that the official translation is to use an R even if the sound is actually closer to L. Which different system are you talking about?

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Pristine20 on 29 December 2009

Meh, I think the article is nitpicking. Nomura-san probably didn't even know the name could be re-written that way



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ChichiriMuyo on 29 December 2009
Icyedge said:
Millennium said:
RolStoppable said:
How is "Nomula" Japanase for "Nomura"? As far as I know the Japanese have a hard time pronouncing the letter L, because that sound isn't part of their language.

It isn't Japanese for Nomura (which is itself Japanese), but "Nomula" is technically also a valid way to spell it in romaji. Of course, technically you could spell it however you wanted in romaji, since you're changing the script it was defined in anyway, but the systems that have been organized for this sort of thing are fairly consistent. On the R-versus-L issue, though, the systems differ.

Japanese doesn't have sounds for R or L as English-speakers tend to think of them, but it does have a sound somewhere in between the two, and this sound appears in Nomura's name. It can be romanized as either R or L, depending on the system used. However, Nomura himself seems to prefer using an R.

I always learned (courses and book) that the official translation is to use an R even if the sound is actually closer to L. Which different system are you talking about?

I imagine it's because going the other way, both L and R are written with the same characters in Japanese.



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nen-suer on 30 December 2009

I knew it...



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nen-suer on 30 December 2009
Pristine20 said:
Meh, I think the article is nitpicking. Nomura-san probably didn't even know the name could be re-written that way

well, i think its an obvious joke article

a funny coincidence.......or is it ?



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Shoestar on 30 December 2009

I think Nomura is loyal to Square Enix... if it makes financial sense for SE to make a DS, Wii, PS3 or X360 game, then, they will do so... if not, they won't. Whatever SE decides, Nomura will go along...



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