Sight in japanese

[vegna]

I am working in my manga pilot (name/nemu), and i want to name the main character "sight" because of his ability. So if you could translate sight into romanji, i'll appreciate it.

[masaegu]

Originally Posted by vegna

I am working in my manga pilot (name/nemu), and i want to name the main character "sight" because of his ability. So if you could translate sight into romanji, i'll appreciate it.

Translate or transliterate?

The former won't work for a name. It almost never does.

If you wanted the latter, then it would be サイト .

EDIT: Forgot to give romaji. Saito

[vegna]

Originally Posted by masaegu

Translate or transliterate?

The former won't work for a name. It almost never does.

If you wanted the latter, then it would be サイト .

EDIT: Forgot to give romaji. Saito

Thanks for the help.

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by vegna

I am working in my manga pilot (name/nemu), and i want to name the main character "sight" because of his ability. So if you could translate sight into romanji, i'll appreciate it.

Any reason you can't use a language you speak?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by vegna

I am working in my manga pilot (name/nemu), and i want to name the main character "sight" because of his ability. So if you could translate sight into romanji, i'll appreciate it.

What's a "manga pilot"?

[Tenchu]

Originally Posted by MMM

What's a "manga pilot"?

I think it's where you tie a piece of string to a trained rat and put it into your wall to eat the termites (the string is so you can pull him out incase of trouble).

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Tenchu

I think it's where you tie a piece of string to a trained rat and put it into your wall to eat the termites (the string is so you can pull him out incase of trouble).

Thanks for your help.

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by MMM

Thanks for your help.

In all seriousness, I suspect the guy is making a comic book but wants some "mystical Asian names."

I've had some recent experiences with artists/authors who needed to verify some Japanese because they have a character ending up in Japan as part of the plot and wanted to use dialogue to show how fish-out-of-water the character was. So I'm now more patient with people who need that type of translation.

But "I want to give my character a fake, quasi- not-actually-Japanese name that uses Japanese sounds but English vocabulary for some mystical quality that only Americans obsessed with an artificial image of Japan will enjoy"?

I don't get that.

However, OP can convince me otherwise and put me in my place. I'll apologize if there is a good reason for wanting to name your character サイト. Hell, if a Japanese-speaking person even sees サイト or "Saito," they're going to assume it means "site," right? “サイト”の検索結果（1737 件）：英辞郎 on the Web：スペースアルク

[vegna]

Originally Posted by MMM

What's a "manga pilot"?

It is a one-shot manga, in other words it is only a one issue manga, usually between 15 to 60 pages.

[chryuop]

Moreover Saito is also a Japanese name, so they might not thing about Sight and just take it as Saito....am I wrong?