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To: Dr. Marten


Also, France is "Fa-guo" (Phonetic). It doesnt' mean LAWFUL country (the word for Fa means law, but it's a phonetic translation).

England, same thing. It doesnt' mean "heroic country". It's just the phonetic translation for "Eng".

Germany is "De Guo", in otherwords, it is not a "moral" country as the translation shows. It's because DEUTCHLAND is the name. DEU roughly translates to Deguo.

Spain - (Si Ban Ya) Phonetic based.

I am not sure if any country in Chinese translation would not be phonetic based.

Canada - "Ja na da" No real meaning here.

In other words, they're all phonetic based.


50 posted on 01/18/2006 3:47:09 PM PST by pganini
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To: pganini
In other words, they're all phonetic based

The meaning is somewhat relevant. The phonemes were chosen for the meaning of the character to some degree.

66 posted on 01/19/2006 10:18:05 AM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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