ext_280588 ([identity profile] ohariko.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] code_geass2008-05-12 01:24 pm

Help on Character Names?

Since many of the new characters haven't premired yet in R2, could some one that reads Japanese be a big help and translate them into English for me? Thanks a bunch!

http://www.geass.jp/world_03.html

[identity profile] sevthebat.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to go to a class now (oops), but I sort of tried my luck at a few rows' worth of characters for you. ^^;
There are many different readings of kanji in Japanese, so this list in extremely tentative.
If anyone has any corrections, please feel free to point out where I've made a mistake.

Where both first and last names are given, I've kept the Japanese order of last > first the same.
(starting with the first guy in the fourth row)

4th row: Carares, Gaohai, King, Knight of Rounds
6th row: Empress (of China, I'm guessing), we know the Emperor, Nunally, and Toudou, of course.
7th row: Chiba Nagisa, Asahina Shougo, Senba Ryouga, Ougi (duh),
8th row: Shinshiou Tamaki, Minami Yoshitaka, Sugiyama Kenshin, Diethard Ried (duh)

[identity profile] sevthebat.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
*is extremely tentative. >>;

Anyway, anyone whose translation skills are better than my deplorable talents should probably step up.

[identity profile] sevthebat.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
ETA:
Glaston Knights: Alfred G. Darlton, Bart Darlton, Claudio S. Darlton, David T. Darlton, Edgar N. Darlton.
...are these all Darlton's kids, or what? o_O;

[identity profile] mossygirl.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, I think it was mentioned (near the end of season 1?) that they were adopted by Darlton. (I forget if it was that he adopted them first, or that they were his soldiers first -- the latter seems more likely. Either way, they're fighting for their adopted daddy ^^)

[identity profile] miasmacloud.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
They are all orphans he adopted who later joined the military.

[identity profile] honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll translate some as well in the last panel. Spelling may vary depending on what the official spelling comes.

Next to Schneizel, Odysseus Uu Britania, Miss Lomeiyer, Kolchakk?
Zhou Chan Lin, Hong Ge, General Apsom

[identity profile] zinik-alexander.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Kolchakk?
It reminds me about russian Admiral Colchak. Iz dat sum Russians in CG? It is relevant to my interests.

[identity profile] honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com 2008-05-13 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I read it based on how the katakana pronunciation sounds like. and since L sounds are practically non-existent in Japanese pronunciation, the Ru might just be representing the L sound. And I did assume that the name to be Russian.

[identity profile] bl-almalexia.livejournal.com 2008-06-25 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
If it's Kolchak, it's Russian. If it's Korchak, it sounds rather Polish. Is that Kol/rchak a Brit? Or European?

[identity profile] honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com 2008-06-25 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
*shrugs*
Since that character hadn't yet made any appearance, we could just make a random guess then~

[identity profile] miasmacloud.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It's Ms. Rohmeier and Korczak.
Ms. Rohmeier's design is a homage to a character named Ms. Rottenmeier so romanizing it as "Roh" is preferred.

[identity profile] miasmacloud.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, the two Chinese names are Zhou Xiang Lin and Hong Gu.

[identity profile] honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com 2008-05-13 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
*shrugs*

I read the chinese names based on the kana anyways.

[identity profile] honou-no-izumi.livejournal.com 2008-05-13 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
Well... we'll just wait when the official name came out then.

[identity profile] miasmacloud.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.geass.jp/world_03_ex.html?pid=chara_46.html

Fatty: Zhao Hao
Glasses/Darker Skin: Xia Wang
Shorty: Cheng Zhong
Squinty: Xiang Sheng
Bug Eyes: Cai Li Shi
Tall Mofo: Tong Lun
Bent Back: Hoang Qian

[identity profile] miasmacloud.livejournal.com 2008-05-12 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Guh, actually, I'm not sure about matching each name to each Eunuch, but that's the names as they appear in order on the top of the page.