Thread: Suggested transliteration for a few French names?

привет!

I wasn't sure where to put this, and it seemed to be most compatible as a "translation."

I'm from a bilingual city [French/English], so most of my friends have at least one name of French origin. I'm wondering if you transliterate sounds like the silent <H>, or superfluities like double-consonants or the voiceless <e>?

For example, <<Prud'homme>> sounds phonetically like <<Пру-дом>>, but <<Прудом>> looks oddly abridged. But, applying the Russian <Х> to replace the French <H> seems ridiculous...

Also, I'm not sure what to do with <<Benoit>>; Бенуо? For those unfamiliar, the pronunciation is sort of like <<Ben-WAW>>, the last syllable rhyming with the English "awe."

Большое спасибо!

Prud'homme: Прюдом
Benoit: Бенуа

спасибо!

Originally Posted by Оля

Prud'homme: Прюдом
Benoit: Бенуа

+1

P.S. Perpentach, don't you verse?

Originally Posted by it-ogo

P.S. Perpentach, don't you verse?

As in: compose poetry? Sometimes ^_^ Otherwise, I'm not sure I follow?

Originally Posted by Perpentach

As in: compose poetry? Sometimes ^_^ Otherwise, I'm not sure I follow?

Yes. Hmmm... No matter, It was about your nickname. I guessed that you are an FFH fan.

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Originally Posted by Perpentach

As in: compose poetry? Sometimes ^_^ Otherwise, I'm not sure I follow?

Yes. Hmmm... No matter, It was about your nickname. I guessed that you are an FFH fan.

Oh, forgive me! I haven't played as anyone BUT the Balseraphs in ages; I forgot how he always responded in verse, one of many reasons he is my hero!