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Sun 17 Sep, 2006 01:23 am
Hi. when I study theoretical books, I face the names of some German or Austrian scholars. But I'm not 100% sure about the pronunciartion of their names. I just know a little about German language and the pronunciation rules. Now I would be grateful if anyone would tell me the exact pronunciation. Some of the names are as follows:
1. Kitty van Leuven-Zwart
2. T. Naaijkens
3. Justa Holz-Mänttäri
4. Christiane Nord
5. Juliane House
6. Theo Hermans
7. Else Vieira
8. F. Pöchhacker
9. Katharina Reiss
THANK YOU,
my e-mail:
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1. Some of those are obviously not German.
2. How do you proppose an answer can be given in writing
fresco wrote:1. Some of those are obviously not German.
As a native German speaker, I totally agree
fresco wrote:2. How do you proppose an answer can be given in writing
International phonetic alphabet?
Walter,
Even if we were familiar with the IPA what keyboard gymnastics are required to transmit it ?
fresco wrote:Walter,
Even if we were familiar with the IPA what keyboard gymnastics are required to transmit it ?
I agree, especially since I've always difficulties to read anything IPA
Yes, but you could do that this way:
German names
(It's an example, not the actual pronounciation).
That's a great idea, Francis!!
Here are some names the way I pronounce them (some I left for Walter)
German names
Wow
Oh, thank you guys for your comprehensive and promising replies !!!
I DO know the difficulties you mentioned, but we can do something like this:
Haynrish for Heinrich
Nicheh for Nietzsche
tsu houze for Zu Hause
These are three examples of German words pronounced with English alphabets ! So, we can manage to tell the German pronunciation of the words listed above, though in a rough manner.
Now could you please tell me the right pronunciations?
If you click on the links (in blue writing) German names, Francis put
in and myself, you hear the right pronunciation - those are audio recordings.
Has anyone ever told you that you have a German accent, Jane?
Thanks
I owe you an apology. I hadn't noticed the audio files you took the trouble to create. Thank you and forgive my harsh statements above.
Your statement wasn't harsh at all. You just didn't know
Hope that helped.
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