Lord_Reven Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 For my armies iconology i will be using a lot of chinese symbols for various things. The only problem is that i cant find a translation website that translates the words to how you would say them in english. Example: I translate teacher and i get $%$ back instead of Sensei. I need a website / person who could help me with the Teacher = Sensei part instead of $%$, if you know what i mean :devil: Words i need translated: Master (warlord / army leader) Captain (second in command type thing) Sergeant (squad leader, leader of several other men) Foot soldier (Basic squad member who takes orders) Initiate (newbie, scout, ect.) If you can think of any other words that i would use for what ever in a army i am open to suggestions.. or if you have a website link it and ill have something to do :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/202842-japanese-chinese-names/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Jimmy Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Google translate, just turn on Romanization. Here is "Teacher" Here. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/202842-japanese-chinese-names/#findComment-2417577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellios Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I think captain is Taicho/Tai-cho/Tai cho Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/202842-japanese-chinese-names/#findComment-2417586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Admiral Thrawn Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/202842-japanese-chinese-names/#findComment-2417664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormshrug Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 For my armies iconology i will be using a lot of chinese symbols for various things. The only problem is that i cant find a translation website that translates the words to how you would say them in english. Example: I translate teacher and i get $%$ back instead of Sensei. I need a website / person who could help me with the Teacher = Sensei part instead of $%$, if you know what i mean :devil: Words i need translated: Master (warlord / army leader) Captain (second in command type thing) Sergeant (squad leader, leader of several other men) Foot soldier (Basic squad member who takes orders) Initiate (newbie, scout, ect.) If you can think of any other words that i would use for what ever in a army i am open to suggestions.. or if you have a website link it and ill have something to do :) First of all, Sensei is actually Japanese, not Chinese. If you do happen to get the term "Sensei" out of a Chinese dictionary, it probably means something else. Your problem seems to be that you're using dictionaries that spit out Kanji without any romanization of the words. I did a bit of research, and found these sites, and these look pretty much right given what I've seen in the past. However, one difficulty is that you're dealing with the Space Marine ranking system, which doesn't line up perfectly with the Japanese ranking system (or a modern American military ranking system. Offhand, it seems like "Taichou" (Tai-cho) would not be inappropriate for a Space Marine Captain, "Shogun" would be reasonable for the Chapter Master, if a bit antiquated (there are probably more modern terms for "commander in chief"), and "Gunsou" (Goon-so) would be alright for Sergeant. For basic soldiers, you could use something like "Bushi" (Boo-shi) which, while not a military rank, simply means "warrior." I'm by no means an expert on any of this, though. -Stormshrug Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/202842-japanese-chinese-names/#findComment-2417839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 For my armies iconology i will be using a lot of chinese symbols for various things. The only problem is that i cant find a translation website that translates the words to how you would say them in english. Example: I translate teacher and i get $%$ back instead of Sensei. I need a website / person who could help me with the Teacher = Sensei part instead of $%$, if you know what i mean :P Words i need translated: Master (warlord / army leader) Shunjin (As in Master of Servants etc) Shireikan (Commander) Captain (second in command type thing) Shunsho (I prefer the word for Major [being a GITS:SAC fan - Sho sa :o ) Sergeant (squad leader, leader of several other men) Gunsho Foot soldier (Basic squad member who takes orders) Toho de heitai (Literally foot soldier) genan (Footman or servant) Gunjin (Serviceman) Initiate (newbie, scout, ect.) Nyukai saseru If you can think of any other words that i would use for what ever in a army i am open to suggestions.. or if you have a website link it and ill have something to do :P I just had a look in my Eng-Jap dictionary and the words highlighted seem to fit best (I used the Military terms or the next best word) I tend not to use the Interweb for my Japanese translations unless I have no other choice (and even then take it all with a pinch of salt, well a dump truck :P ) I'd get a dictionary - they're fairly cheap, have a fair bit in them about syntax etc and they have the Katagana/Hiragana in them if you are going to use the Japanese language for banners etc. I have 3 and am currently trying to get the Kanji books, but am broker than a broke thing at the moment :( ) I can't say that I'll always be able to find what you need, but am able to help via PM (or indeed here, although bear with me as my work patterns aren't set in stone :blush: ) Ganbatte! :D EDIT: Just looked at what you've put in OP and realised that you wanted CHINESE - oops, I don't have any knowledge of Chinese outside of Firefly curses :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/202842-japanese-chinese-names/#findComment-2417949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Reven Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 Thanks for all the replies! Helped a lot. :huh: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/202842-japanese-chinese-names/#findComment-2418455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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