Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Antoine Chaaya

Japanese translation:

アントワン シャ-ヤ

Added to glossary by jackamano
May 31, 2005 10:47
18 yrs ago
French term

Antoine Chaaya

Non-PRO French to Japanese Other Construction / Civil Engineering
Antoine Chaaya

A person' name. I want to have katakana rendition.

Actually, I'm not sure he is French.

Maybe either Italian or French, I guess...

Proposed translations

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アントワン シャ-ヤ

This is a man's name. The most *common* way to render this in Japanese is アントワン, although other forms do exist, eg. アントワーン、アントアン.

The Italian form of 'Antoine' is 'Antonio' (English = Anthony)
Peer comment(s):

agree mstkwasa : Defintely ƒAƒ“ƒgƒ
46 mins
Thank you, and you're right. Without asking the individual, there's no way to be 100% sure where family names are concerned.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much. Yes, it's hard to determine a person's name."
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アントワーヌ・シャアヤ

アントワーヌ・シャアヤ

Renzo Piano began working on the project in 1998, before going to work on the headquarters of another major daily paper, the New York Times, with an international team of six architects including Antoine Chaaya of Lebanon and Maurizio Cardenas of Colombia.

「二十歳の恋/アントワーヌとコレット」
『L’AMOUR A VINGT ANS/ANTOINE ET COLETTE』
http://www17.ocn.ne.jp/‾v-s-v/truffaut2.htm




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Note added at 12 hrs 45 mins (2005-05-31 23:33:41 GMT)
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想像ですがChaayaの2番目のaにアクセントが有ると思います。
シャーヤにするとChaにアクセントが来てしまうのでシャアヤにしました。
Peer comment(s):

agree Kaori Myatt : ƒAƒ“ƒgƒ
21 mins
thanks
agree mstkwasa : I prefer ƒVƒƒƒAƒ„ since it is likely to be Cha-a-ya but I'd stick with ƒAƒ“ƒgƒ
32 mins
thanks
agree Minoru Kuwahara : if he's french.... -
43 mins
thanks
agree amysakata : If she is Lebanese, family name can be ƒ`ƒƒ
11 hrs
thanks. Antoine is a male name (as far as I know).
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