top | item 30056369 (no title) doall | 4 years ago Since I know some Japanese, I'd like to point out that "Goto" should be pronounced more like "Go-toe" discuss order hn newest mauvehaus|4 years ago Dumb question: in Cryptonomicon, there's a character named "Goto Dengo". Is Goto used as both a first and last name, or is the notion of first and last name something that doesn't map cleanly between English and Japanese? user-the-name|4 years ago In Japanese, you write family name first. Sometimes when using a Japanese name in English, you flip them to the English order, and sometimes not. krallja|4 years ago Japanese family names go first. e.g., GRAHAM Paul. load replies (1)
mauvehaus|4 years ago Dumb question: in Cryptonomicon, there's a character named "Goto Dengo". Is Goto used as both a first and last name, or is the notion of first and last name something that doesn't map cleanly between English and Japanese? user-the-name|4 years ago In Japanese, you write family name first. Sometimes when using a Japanese name in English, you flip them to the English order, and sometimes not. krallja|4 years ago Japanese family names go first. e.g., GRAHAM Paul. load replies (1)
user-the-name|4 years ago In Japanese, you write family name first. Sometimes when using a Japanese name in English, you flip them to the English order, and sometimes not.
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