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As far as I know, there's no official Japanese source that renders his name in Roman letters, so it's kind of a preference call... I know Western fans have ''thought'' of him as Jan for the past decade or so, but I believe my research is sound, and it's not as though we don't buck tradition for the sake of accuracy here. | As far as I know, there's no official Japanese source that renders his name in Roman letters, so it's kind of a preference call... I know Western fans have ''thought'' of him as Jan for the past decade or so, but I believe my research is sound, and it's not as though we don't buck tradition for the sake of accuracy here. | ||
Thoughts, Japanese-speakers, French-speakers, and our home audience? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 08:26, 7 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | Thoughts, Japanese-speakers, French-speakers, and our home audience? --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 08:26, 7 December 2007 (UTC) | ||
:As an aside, it seems that "John" may also be an acceptable transliteration, although it does not appear to be as common as Jean is. Here's a breakdown. | |||
*[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2B%22%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%22+%2B%22Jean%22 Katakana + Jean] = 514,000 hits | |||
*[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2B%22%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%22+%2B%22John%22 Katakana plus John] = 315,000 hits | |||
*[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2B%22%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%22+%2B%22Jan%22&btnG=Search Katakana + Jan] = 243,000 hits | |||
:--[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 08:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | |||
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So, uh, to bring up this old discussion, I'm one of the people who disagree with transliterating this kid's name as Jan. See this post here wherein I argue for his name to be the male French name Jean, which is not only an acceptable transliteration, but jibes better with the backstory of him being half-French.
As far as I know, there's no official Japanese source that renders his name in Roman letters, so it's kind of a preference call... I know Western fans have thought of him as Jan for the past decade or so, but I believe my research is sound, and it's not as though we don't buck tradition for the sake of accuracy here.
Thoughts, Japanese-speakers, French-speakers, and our home audience? --Monzo 08:26, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
- As an aside, it seems that "John" may also be an acceptable transliteration, although it does not appear to be as common as Jean is. Here's a breakdown.
- Katakana + Jean = 514,000 hits
- Katakana plus John = 315,000 hits
- Katakana + Jan = 243,000 hits
- --Monzo 08:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
