Thread: please can anyone translate this for me

Good morning

I need a big favor today I have an appointment for my tattoo, so I want to translate from Spanish, or English
My dead brother name, so if you can help me i will be very pleased.

1.Francis Enrique
2. Enrique Cabral
3. Francis enrique Cabral.

That is his name, and i want to see which one look better for the place of the tattoo

Once again thanks.


Dahyam Cabral

^You're going to have this inked on you in Thai script?

If so, why?

Nobody but Thai will be able to read it.

Sorry to hear on the loss of your brother, but seriously, getting anonymous people to translate something into a language you cannot read to be permanently tattooed on your body is probably not a very good idea.

i was reading, and the thai script is more like sounds,that interesting right? and the shapes or figures are awesome, and the more importante is that tattoos for me are like scars so i doesn't matter if anyone can read it.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by dahyamcabral

1.Francis Enrique
2. Enrique Cabral
3. Francis enrique Cabral.

Francis ฟรานสิส์
Enrique เนริขา or เนริเก
Cabral ขาบราน

For what its worth - subject to individual interpretation and transliteration.

Originally Posted by bowie

Cabral ขาบราน

Just so he knows.

Thais (or anyone that reads Thai) will pronounce it as "Cab-ran" (Chab-Rahn if you wanna be a tit about it).

Originally Posted by Bogon

Originally Posted by bowie

Cabral ขาบราน

Just so he knows.

Thais (or anyone that reads Thai) will pronounce it as "Cab-ran" (Chab-Rahn if you wanna be a tit about it).

somebody give mi this one

กาบราล

how they will pronounce it?

Originally Posted by dahyamcabral

somebody give mi this one

กาบราล

how they will pronounce it?

Gaabraan

Originally Posted by Bogon

will pronounce it as "Cab-ran"

Yes, but any thai word written ending in ล (lor ling) is sounded as "N".

So be it. All who know realize much in Thai-English, English-Thai translation and transliteration is subjective. Hence, a single word may have several different transliteration.

There is in fact a formal official transliteration protocol. But, I don't have access to it right now.

I agree with Bowie's version of Francis ฟรานสิส์ (although Thais would prefer to transliterate it to sound as Frencis)

I disagree with Bowie's version of Enrique. It reads as Nayrika or Nayrigay
My version of Enrique is - แอนรีเค or even ออนรีเค - depending how you want it to sound.

My version of Cabral is - คาบราล

Originally Posted by Neverna

My version of Enrique is - แอนรีเค or even ออนรีเค - depending how you want it to sound.

Neverna's is a better translation for the OP.


My own personal pronunciation of Enrique uses a hard N at the beginning. But, I'm a Northeast US English speaker - not very well versed in Spanish.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Sorry to hear on the loss of your brother, but seriously, getting anonymous people to translate something into a language you cannot read to be permanently tattooed on your body is probably not a very good idea.

OP - heed nidhogg;

Try it in henna for a couple of weeks or do an annual one month tribute in henna.

^ Good idea. Or perhaps dahyamcabral could get some wash off transfer "tattoos" made up instead.

Originally Posted by dahyamcabral

That is his name, and i want to see which one look better for the place of the tattoo

Welcome to the Buffalo Board...

Keep it simple...How about just one name, like Francis?...

Or choose the one name that looks the best to you...

Or his favourite nickname, perhaps...You don't need the whole thing...

No offence, but if somebody were to tattoo the "knickers" of some of our members, they would surely run out of skin...

Heh...

Francis Enrique Cabral.

ฟรานสิส์ แอนรีเค คาบราล