2007-09-19 12:47:52 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Well, in Spanish, names are written with capital letters at the beginning. It is José Arcadio Buendia.
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2007-09-19 13:45:33 · answer #1 · answered by Ludd Zarko 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Generally speaking, authors' names or names of characters in books, movies, etc. are not translated since the translated name is not the actual name of the person. I can say this, though, the man's last name "Buendia" means "good day".
2007-09-19 12:54:00 · answer #2 · answered by Richard B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should be capitalized and with Spanish accent marks:
Spanish: José Arcadio BuendÃa
English: Joseph Arcadius Goodday?
José = Joseph
buen = good
dÃa = day
That's all I know.
Arcadio is from site below by searching for "Arcadio English". In Wikipedia, by clicking English from the list of languages, you'd get Arcadius who was a Roman emperor. Clicking on Spanish from the same language list will give you Arcadio.
2007-09-19 13:06:52 · answer #3 · answered by bryan_q 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋