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sarahbash 07-20-2009 11:00 PM
tattoo in katakana
 
my friend would like the name "Steven" in Japanese.
i have found many different options but most of which instead say "steben"
or something along those lines...
could anyone help to give the most accurate translation please?

MMM 07-20-2009 11:06 PM
Was Stephen someone close to him?

sarahbash 07-20-2009 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 749572)
Was Stephen someone close to him?
it is his own name

MMM 07-20-2009 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by sarahbash (Post 749574)
it is his own name
His own name? People in Japan don't get tattoos of their own names put on them. That would be considered very strange.

sarahbash 07-20-2009 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 749576)
His own name? People in Japan don't get tattoos of their own names put on them. That would be considered very strange.
yes, i thought this too.
i would not personally do this.
but he really wants it so i said i would help :)

KyleGoetz 07-20-2009 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by sarahbash (Post 749580)
yes, i thought this too.
i would not personally do this.
but he really wants it so i said i would help :)
If you were a good friend you'd tell him to stop being an idiot. ;)

sarahbash 07-20-2009 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz (Post 749581)
If you were a good friend you'd tell him to stop being an idiot. ;)
i'm just being respectful guys! :P

kenmei 07-20-2009 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by sarahbash (Post 749584)
i'm just being respectful guys! :P
ask him how he'd feel if he got a tattoo of Steven in English in the same place

hopefully he can make sense of that...

Aota 07-21-2009 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by kenmei (Post 749586)
ask him how he'd feel if he got a tattoo of Steven in English in the same place

hopefully he can make sense of that...
Very true...

I can't understand why someone would want to get their own name permanently set into their body. I've seen a lot of tattoos, and have asked what significance the names had, and have NEVER heard "Oh, it's my name. I just thought it'd be really cool, and in case I get Alzheimer's, then I'll always know my name." Ridiculous.


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