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Originally Posted by Maxful
KyleGoetzさんとマサエグさん、ありがとうございました。 
Could you guys also teach me how to turn foreign names into katakana? |
1. look up a person with the name in wikipedia
2. click on 日本語 on the left-hand side
3. presto
for example:
John Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
gives you
ジョン・スミス - Wikipedia
So the Japanese version of "John" is ジョン.
But the
real way is just to write it how it sounds. You just have to learn by seeing enough.
Like the name "maxful." I'm guessing it sounds like the English "max full" so マックスフル. But if it's "max fool," then maybe マックスフール.
And pronunciation is key. The American name "Jean" would be ジーン, but the French name "Jean" would be ジャン.