I need help to write a sentence in Japanese

driftlove · (#1 (**permalink**))

I need to write "AUTO BASE"

and also

"high performance import engine parts"

I need to know how to write these in KATAKANA and any other writing languages in japanese..

Your help would be much appreciated..

Thank you

Nagoyankee · (#2 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by driftlove

I need to write "AUTO BASE"

and also

"high performance import engine parts"

I need to know how to write these in KATAKANA and any other writing languages in japanese..

Your help would be much appreciated..

Thank you

AUTO BASE = オート・ベース

high performance import engine parts：

katakana : コウセイノウユニュウエンジンパーツ　< very unnatural. hard on the Japanese eye.

Natural Japanese: 高性能輸入エンジンパーツ

driftlove · (#3 (**permalink**))

thank you Nagoyankee.. appreciated..

is that AUTOBASE translation in natural japanese or in katakana?

Nagoyankee · (#4 (**permalink**))

It's both in katakana and natural Japanese. I took it that it was a proper noun. So I didn't 'translate' it. I just transliterated it into katakana as we would transliterate proper nouns like 'Burger King' or 'Pizza Hut' into katakana.

Please ge back if 'AUTO BASE' isn't meant to be a proper noun.

MMM · (#5 (**permalink**))

That's in katakana, but that is how it is said in Japanese.

EDIT: We posted at the same time!

driftlove · (#6 (**permalink**))

Thank you both of you..

AUTO BASE is a BUSINESS NAME..

AUTO which stands for Automobile
and BASE which stands for WHERE THE COMPANY IS LOCATED..

You have helped me enourmously..

chryuop · (#7 (**permalink**))

Now they deserve part of the profits coming from the business