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Originally Posted by apollo78
I would love to support the artist by buying his work but I can't read Japanese. when I try to set up an account I can get as far as the user information page but I can't seem to be able to finish. And babel fish is no help DLSite keeps asking "Please input name [hurigana] with katakana" or "お名前フリガナはカタカナで入力してください。" so if someone here can tell me what to do I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
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It wants your name in furigana. If your name was Tanaka, it would be written in Kanji as 田中. However a lot of names have different readings, so they want the furigana for the name so they know without a doubt how to pronounce it, so the furigana for Tanaka would be タナカ.
In your case, if your name is written using the alphabet, you'll have to convert it to katakana. Like if your name was Maria, it would be written as マリア in Japanese.
Since I do not know your name, I cannot give you what I think is the most suitable katakana furigana for it.
I'm having trouble finding a site that will just convert your name for you without making it an image, but try to use this site:
http://www.japanese-name-translation.com/
Here's a katakana table to use when you get your katakana image:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana
I really wish I could find a converter that doesn't use images, sorry about that. -_-;
EDIT: Actually, you don't have to use your real name for the Login. So, if you wish, just use a made up Japanese name and use the katakana reading for it. If not, you can use this if you like:
Name: Apollo
Name Furigana: アポロ
If that seems too tedious, you can use foducool's guide to just buy the product without the benefits of registering:
http://www.process-productions.com/f...6&postcount=11