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Well let's see what do Czech people do when they encounter English names. It seems like they learn about how to pronounce them in English. So why should the vic
by trickstra 7y ago
Well let's see what do Czech people do when they encounter English names. It seems like they learn about how to pronounce them in English. So why should the vice-versa be any different?
- kazinator 7y agoCzechs and Slovaks assimilate English (and other) words using native spelling when those words pass into comon use. For example: víkend (weekend), hemendex (ham and eggs), anketa (enquête: questionnaire, poll, ...). Proper names are not treated this way: Charlie Chaplin, New York, ... Japanese words and names receive their own Czech and Slovak style romanization, e.g. džómon džidai (縄文時代: joumon jidai: joumon period , 14000-300 BCE). Curiously, the letter "w" (a letter not used in these languages) is used, e.g. Kanagawa.
- trickstra 7y agoYes, for ordinary words, I believe every language assimilates them after some time. But I was talking about names. No Czech would in their right mind write Čarlí Čeplin even after many decades. So let's not do that with Čapek in English either. Let him be written Čapek (or Capek due to the limits of our keyboards), but pronounce [Chapek], remembering he is Czech.