Lanczos

English translation: LANtzosh

00:30 May 17, 2007
Hungarian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Science - Physics
Hungarian term or phrase: Lanczos
I actually don't want to know the translation of "Lanczos" but how to pronounce it. It is the name of a famous Hungarian physicist. I will be giving a talk where I will need to use his name frequently, but no one knows how to pronounce it! From Hungarian language websites, it looks like it is "lank-zosh," but I don't really know. Any description would help. Thanks.
Shane
English translation:LANtzosh
Explanation:
LANtzosh comes close.
Emphasis (as always in Hungarian) is on the first syllable.
The sound in the first syllable is just like that in the word mania.
The tz is a sinle sound usually transcribid in English with those letters, likewise sh is what it is usually in English. Hope this helps.
The first nam - in case you need it is Kornél, or Cornelius. Kornél is pronounced as KORnail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Lanczos
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LANtzosh


Explanation:
LANtzosh comes close.
Emphasis (as always in Hungarian) is on the first syllable.
The sound in the first syllable is just like that in the word mania.
The tz is a sinle sound usually transcribid in English with those letters, likewise sh is what it is usually in English. Hope this helps.
The first nam - in case you need it is Kornél, or Cornelius. Kornél is pronounced as KORnail.

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

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disagree  Leslie Gabor (X): The "a" in the first syllable is pronounced like the "a" in "far" or "star" or "John" (U.S.), not as "mania"; and the correct Hungarian spelling would be with an accent mark on the "a" like this - Lánczos
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  -> Come to think of it, you are right. I am sorry for the error.

agree  Eva Blanar: I agree with Leslie about the pronounciation of "a"
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