Foreign names check: So I don't sound like an idiot

[SwarthyBard126]

Hey, yeah i'm looking for someone with knowledge of what words can be used in a Chinese name. Currently I'm planning on using 累剑 as a pseudonym for character.

[hivekiller]

累剑 means Tiring累 Sword剑, if you translated both words together. @SwarthyBard126

[Keyguyperson]

I don't have knowledge, but I wanted to acknowledged the amount of thought you're putting into this. Most people just type something into google translate and that's that, so it's nice to see you taking time to verify that what you;re doing makes sense.

[SwarthyBard126]

@Keyguyperson
Thank you. Honestly it's because I'm kinda sensitive about getting thing wrong when it comes to foreign cultures because I don't want to be disrespectful to such amazing sources of inspiration.

[Dinh AaronMk]

http://babynames.net/all/chinese

When writing traditional Chinese names keep this rule in mind: the family-name goes first. Never the given name.

If you have a guy by the given name Joe with the family name Smith (Joe Smith, in European convention) it'd be written in Chinese and by most East-Asian conventions as "Smith Joe".

You should also keep a mind for syllables. Many Chinese names are a single-syllable long, though you may have doubled-up hyphenated names when transliterated through Pinyin.

And for the love of God, do not use Chinese characters when applying. Transliterate that shit (which isn't as hard as Arabic or Persian where there's no one commonly held or academically "correct" method of transliteration).

I've been writing as China for Precipice of War for five years now. This is stuff I've learned.

[SwarthyBard126]

@Dinh AaronMk
Wow... thanks man, I actually have some experience with Chinese names, they were mostly from friends whose parents gave them three character names.

[hivekiller]

@Dinh AaronMk
Wow... thanks man, I actually have some experience with Chinese names, they were mostly from friends whose parents gave them three character names.

@SwarthyBard126

Most of the Chinese(based on whole world) has three character names now. But there are still a lot of two character names can be found in China.
p/s: I'm a Chinese.(not from China thou)
So if there's any questions about them I will try to reply you as soon as I'm online, well onlu if you wanted me to lol.

[TheDookieNut]

@SwarthyBard126

http://youtu.be/SMjLBK2RsxQ
That should help!

Note: couldn't get the URL bbcode to work sorry

Alternatively YouTube Chinese Names and watch the Off the Great Wall video it's got four people on the screenshot.

It's a great video for understanding the meaning of Chinese names without having to result to baby name listings