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06-11-2009, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kirakira View Post
The only way to get a real name that you can use in Chinese characters is to pick it in Chinese, not in Japanese where Kanji has some kind of "special" status attached.

Jacob - 捷克布

There ya go. Sounds pretty close in Chinese, a bit off in Japanese (Onyomi) but at least you can use it without getting a backlash.
Shou-Koku-Fu is how I would read that in Onyomi (though I am not a native).
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