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Emilia

Japanese translation: エミリア

13:39 Oct 2, 2008
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Names (personal, company)
English term or phrase: Emilia
My daugthers name is Emilia, how does that look in japanese writing?
Christian Ahlquist
Japanese translation:エミリア
Explanation:
エミリア .
We usually write non-Japanese name in Katakana.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana

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Note added at 56 mins (2008-10-02 14:35:52 GMT)
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Yes, it is in Katakana.
Names cannot be written in Kanji,
because there's no general rule to find out suitable Kanji for "Emilia".
A Kanji carries a meaning, instead of representing a sound,
so it cannot be applied to a specific sound.

A katakana character represents a sound like this.
E/mi/li/a = エ/ミ/リ/ア
Selected response from:

nordlys75
Japan
Local time: 10:35
Grading comment
Looks good to me. Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5エミリア
nordlys75
5恵美李亜
Catherine Dawson


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
エミリア


Explanation:
エミリア .
We usually write non-Japanese name in Katakana.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana

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Note added at 56 mins (2008-10-02 14:35:52 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Yes, it is in Katakana.
Names cannot be written in Kanji,
because there's no general rule to find out suitable Kanji for "Emilia".
A Kanji carries a meaning, instead of representing a sound,
so it cannot be applied to a specific sound.

A katakana character represents a sound like this.
E/mi/li/a = エ/ミ/リ/ア


nordlys75
Japan
Local time: 10:35
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
Grading comment
Looks good to me. Thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. Is your answer in Katakana? How would Emilia look in Kanji?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  keiko miyazaki: Perfect like this.
2 mins
agree  Katsunori Higuchi
27 mins
agree  Will Matter: Exactly right.
2 hrs
agree  Takashi Hashizume
12 hrs
agree  chikachika: Perfect!
1 day 13 hrs
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2 days 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
emilia
恵美李亜


Explanation:
Agree with above re katakana but just to add if you do want to select kanji that correspond to the katakana syllabary (eg for artistic purposes) then you could use the above for example - e (wish) mi (beautiful) ri (plum) and a (Asia). It is a rather long name tho!

Catherine Dawson
Local time: 02:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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