Names Mirror Era

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Names Mirror Era

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Oct 06th 2009 16:54

※Hello native speakers of English. Please feel free to make my text "more natural". Thanks indeed.

Alhough the fact that we belong to non-Christian cultural sphere enables us to give considerable leeway to invent fanciful names, there was a sort of unwritten law as to what names parents give their children,

Today’s parents, however, call their children in virtually unrestrained way even native Japanese cannot often read their kanji names.

Recent survey shows that girls’ traditional name ending „ko“ has declined fast in popularity; names with soft impression on our ears or that originally comes from Europe are catching on instead.

If you’re studying Japanese and complaining that Japanese names are too hard to read, don’t worry, because Japanese people are having exactly the same problem!

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Oct 06th 2009 20:28 Daniel

Czech
English, Japanese

こんにちは、ゆうき。面白い。最近、英語をたくさん練習してたね。またチェコ語で書かないだろうか？チェコ語は久しぶりよね。

ダニエル

Oct 06th 2009 21:10 Gav

English
Japanese, Korean

Alhough the fact that we belong to non-Christian cultural sphere enables us to give considerable leeway to invent fanciful names, there was a sort of unwritten law as to what names parents give their children,
Alhough the fact that we belong to a non-Christian cultural sphere enables us to give considerable leeway to invent fanciful names, there has been a sort of unwritten law as to what names parents give their children. (I think "was" is not incorrect, but "has been" is more natural because it shows a past continuous state.)

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Today’s parents, however, call their children in virtually unrestrained way even native Japanese cannot often read their kanji names.
Today’s parents, however, name their children in a virtually unrestrained way so that even native Japanese people often cannot read their kanji names. (if you say "cannot often", the meaning could be misinterpreted... for example it might mean that they know a person's name, then they forget, then later they remember. That's not quite what you meant.)

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Recent survey shows that girls’ traditional name ending „ko“ has declined fast in popularity; names with soft impression on our ears or that originally comes from Europe are catching on instead.
A recent survey shows that the girls traditional name ending "ko" has declined fast in popularity; names that leave a soft impression on our ears or that originally come from Europe are catching on instead. (To be honest, I'm unsure about the apostrophe on "girls". We don't use it in this case because we're talking about a type, not a countable group. Even so, your grammar might be technically correct, and I understand why you used it.)

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Fantastic English. Apart from the small mistakes that non-English speakers always make with "a" and "the", your English is better than many native-speakers. Especially good use of vocabulary; "considerable leeway" and "virtually unrestrained" are very nice pairs. Also an interesting article.