2007-06-09, 15:03 | Link #81 |
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"Ruvuru" is really the only possibility, ヴ cannot be spelled as "bu", it is one of those characters created especially to transcribe the foreign "v" into japanese. So it would really make no sense to use this character if the word is supposed to be spelled with a "b". Of couse, it is possible that for some reason the author did it anyway, but in this case it seems unlikely, because like G. Zeus said, his name seems to be borrowed from French.
On another note, how do you pronounce "Dauf" in English? I'm not a native speaker so I really have problems to imagine how it is supposed to sound |
2007-06-09, 15:16 | Link #82 |
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Well. there you have it then, if the source is reliable enough.
Yeah, i'd also inherently tend towards the "v", still it doesn't seem to hinder a few people to use it otherwise. No sweat, i'll just continue to read it ルヴル. |
2007-06-10, 07:20 | Link #83 | |
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probably his name is supposed to recall "Louvre" ?
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2007-06-10, 09:14 | Link #84 |
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That is really the most likely origin, the Katakana spellings are almost identical. "Luvr" looks like a good solution, not exactly the same spelling, but looks similar enough. But I suppose this reference is much easier to understand for a French or Italian translator ^^; Or of course, a Japanese one in this case (the translator of the Italian version is Rieko Fukuda, isn't she?)
Just like "Irene" whose name was changed to "Ilena", probably because the translator simply doesn't know the name "Irene" The names in Claymore are really hard to "recognize", since they are taken from many different languages and countries. But at least, it doesn't seem that any of them are invented out of nowhere. So ... I still wonder what Riful is supposed to mean |
2007-06-11, 03:28 | Link #86 | |
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Rifle or Riffle is a possibility (the Katakana spelling is exactly the same), but ... why would she be called like that, I don't really see any connection |
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2007-06-12, 13:03 | Link #87 | |
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2007-06-13, 12:23 | Link #89 |
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Sorry to go off-topic, but okay so Riful is going around awakening Claymores. Understandable. Also she's doing it via torture. Understandable too, given that no Claymore wants to awaken voluntarily.
My point is what incentive do you think Riful is going to offer the new Awaken, to make them wish to join her forces? Yeah she can threaten to kill them and between Dauf and her, that's not going to be a problem. But what's to keep an Awaken from going AWOL during a battle or even going to the other side. It's not like she could bribe them with money |
2007-07-02, 18:00 | Link #95 | |
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One thng that also made me laugh was that I thought Riful was a chick...based on the drawing. Last edited by NoSanninWa; 2007-07-02 at 20:48. |
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