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Title: How To Type Japanese Names
Post by: ludo on December 16, 2005, 02:46:50 am

Hi,

On windows, when you switch to the japanese input method, you have different options, one of them being "names". That means when you type [span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']つねさぶろ[/span]　you get [span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']常三郎[/span] by pressing the space bar.
The zaurus (mine is the C3K) allows to key in kanji but there is not at all the kanji I want. Is there also an option to input names or places on the zaurus?

Thanks

Title: How To Type Japanese Names
Post by: rokugo on December 17, 2005, 11:03:41 am

The Zaurus IME isn't as sophisticated as Microsoft IME (or ATOK) but you can still get the name kanjis by using a Japanese propername dictionary.

I use the ENAMDICT from here: http://www.hloeffler.info/zaurus/ (http://www.hloeffler.info/zaurus/)
running on Ztenv.

With ENAMDICT, inputting つねさぶろう (not つねさぶろ)  I get 恒三郎、常三郎、常三朗.

Title: How To Type Japanese Names
Post by: ludo on December 18, 2005, 10:37:33 pm

Hi Rokugo,

You are right, for the correct hirakanna, I forgot the う。
Thanks for the advice. I'll try to install ENAMDICT on my C3000.

Ludo