translation please?

[tolly]

hello to you all

i'm lokking for the translation of name.

the name is: raya

is it possible that it is written in 2 different styles?

tnx a lot

greetings tolly

[jbradfor]

Did you read this post first, in particular item #3?

[tolly]

i did read it yes.

i only want to know if it is possible that there are more then one type characters.

i've got no idea how to post the examples, to show you.

gr

[renzhe]

We don't know what you mean exactly by "different types of characters".

You can transliterate a name using different characters.

And sometimes the same character can be written in different ways.

So, in any case, it is almost certain that different people will transcribe names using characters that look different, unless it's a very common name with an accepted transliteration.

[BrandeX]

Raya is Israeli for friend, so you want a tattoo of the chinese word for friend, like "pengyou" or however it's spelled in hanzi. Anything else would be meaningless, unless of course you didn't know your name came from the Israeli word for friend in the first place. Translating meanings is the only way to do it correctly imo, all English names mean something, they are not just random sounds.

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Raya

[tolly]

i know it means friend.

i have found the translation at a blog.

so tnx a lot

[BrandeX]

I'd recommend sharing what you found here, so the experts (not me) can verify it.