Japanese or Korean/Chinese title for manwha/manhua

Jan 18, 2015 9:29 AM

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I couldn't find it in the guidelines, so I ask here:

Which title should be used as the main title for an entry of a manwha or manhua?
The original (so the Korean/Chinese name) or the Japanese?

Jan 27, 2015 5:39 AM

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It's not in the guidelines, because no one knows (knew) Korean/Chinese romanization standards enough to write them. And no one was kind enough to help us write them either...

So, either one is fine for main title, be it English or romanized version; or whichever is being used by scanlators.

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Jan 30, 2015 3:24 PM

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svaax said:
So, either one is fine for main title, be it English or romanized version; or whichever is being used by scanlators.

So the Japanese title will never be used? And will it be appreciated if I submit a bunch of name changes to the original title, since a lot of manhwa/manhua are in English?

For romanization: why not just use the most popular romanization, so RR (revised) for Korean and Pinyin for Chinese?
And in a similar vain, I find the romanization of 만화 to manwha very odd. Instead manhwa is better and also much more common.

Jan 30, 2015 3:41 PM

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no do not use pinyin for Chinese is a butchered form of romaniaztion use wade if any thing pinyin is best used for simpfied only if its a title that is on traditional or the scpit mao tied to kill off

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Jan 30, 2015 5:25 PM

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FGAU1912 said:
no do not use pinyin for Chinese is a butchered form of romaniaztion use wade if any thing pinyin is best used for simpfied only if its a title that is on traditional or the scpit mao tied to kill off

I don't know Chinese, but after a quick research I found out that Pinyin is the official romanization (in both China/Taiwan/Singapur as well as the West,...), their form of furigana and the most popular romanization for learners. All the other types of Chinese romanization have barely any meaning nowadays.

Also, it's better to use only one romanization instead of an additional one just for manhua in traditional Chinese.

Feb 11, 2015 4:29 PM

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Qonell said:
And will it be appreciated if I submit a bunch of name changes to the original title, since a lot of manhwa/manhua are in English?

Since no moderator has answered yet, I re-ask this question.

I mean titles like this, this and this.
I know svaax already answered with "either one is fine", but will a change to the original title get denied when I submit one?

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