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screen name

Japanese translation: ハンドル名

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English term or phrase:screen name
Japanese translation:ハンドル名
Entered by: tappi_k

21:53 May 10, 2005
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / ecommerce
English term or phrase: screen name
is this just katakana-ized?
gracias,
david
davidsetagaya
see my note
Explanation:
Usually in Japanese it is called ハンドル名 (handoru mei) (literally, handle name). I've also seen スクリーンネーム（screen name) but this I think is less common.

hope this helps...
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tappi_k
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:27
Grading comment
thank you for the answer!, sorry the grading was late, had comp problems for a couple days.
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4 +7see my note
tappi_k
4役名
alias228


Discussion entries: 1





  

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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
see my note


Explanation:
Usually in Japanese it is called ハンドル名 (handoru mei) (literally, handle name). I've also seen スクリーンネーム（screen name) but this I think is less common.

hope this helps...


tappi_k
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
thank you for the answer!, sorry the grading was late, had comp problems for a couple days.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  KathyT: Agreed.
18 mins
  -> cheers Kathy
agree  zenlee: yes. handoru(katakana) mei(kanji)
54 mins
  -> indeedy, thanks zenlee!
agree  soramame
1 hr
  -> thanks soramame!
agree  Andreas Yan
1 hr
  -> thanks Andreas
agree  Can Altinbay: I believe this is what the asker wants.
4 hrs
  -> thanks Can
agree  Kurt Hammond: or just ハンドル
1 day 8 hrs
  -> yes, thanks Kurt
agree  Minoru Kuwahara: ok, i would go with ハンドル名 as i'm using the word myself. -
2 days 7 hrs
  -> thank you
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
役名


Explanation:
It is the name casted in the movie isn't it?.We Japanese call it 配役名、or 役名。

alias228
Japan
Local time: 20:27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Can Altinbay: Good call in general, but I doubt it, because the context is e-commerce.
15 mins
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