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钵钵bobo -

Maybe you can name "候艾伦": HOPE sounds like Chinese family name "候", and your name Alan can
be translated into Chinese name "艾伦".



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trien27 -

I have a problem with this: '霍普' as a translation for Hope
First, it's an approximation:
The above two characters when read:
in Mandarin, would read like "huo pu"
in Cantonese, would read like "fok poh"
My question is this: If the above characters were shown to people who don't know either Mandarin
or Cantonese, it would be rendered totally different using different dialectal pronounciation.
From this point onward, nobody could recover the original pronounciation as "Hope" in English. So
why even bother?

HOPE sounds like Chinese family name "候", and your name Alan can be translated into Chinese name
"艾伦"

I beg to differ: In Cantonese, Alan would be used by employing different characters (do a search
for Alan Tam, a Chinese singer from Hong Kong). The surname suggested above 候 is pronounced
"Hou", which in Cantonese would sound nothing like Hope or even "Hou" in Mandarin.










here2learn -

I.) My first piece of advice is to think about if people will really call you/her this name. I
mean will people really actually say the name out loud and expect you/her to respond?
.......A.) If no one will probably ever use it in daily life, I'd go for meaning, hands down.
(that's what I did)
.......B.) If people will really call you/her this out loud, decide if you want to:
............1.) get used to a new sound (going for meaning), or
............2.) if you won't be learning Chinese, but need to recognize your name if someone calls
you, you may want to go the "sounds-sorta-like-it" route.

For example, if your name is Anna, it may be much more natural for you to turn your head in an
office or classroom when you hear something that sounds like "Ahn-na" than some completely
different sounds. It will likely be almost meaningless, but it'll get the job done with ease. If
you go for meaning you'll have to repeat it a lot, have people call you it to get used to it, etc.

II.) My next piece of advice is after you've decided which route to go, ask CHINESE people (or
non-chinese with a lot of experience with names). Don't just use random online tools without
double-checking them with real live humans who are Chinese or have a lot of experience with
Chinese names.












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