First post-Need help with words/terms I think I've created

[Hit Veda]

To the Mod: If this is in the wrong forum, please redirect. Thanks.
Also, my apologies for the long post.

This is hoping that I am not making a mess of my first post.
I am an itinerant children's fiction writer. My first book is expected to be released online later this month. A sizable part of the book deals with robots and androids manufactured by a fictitious Japanese company. While the main action takes place in India, I have envisaged an alternate modern-day Japan where robots and androids are quite commonplace.

The issues I need help with are:
1) There are many Japanese words/terms I have created for the purpose of the book and future books. A preliminary online search (in English) has revealed that none of these words/terms exist yet. Please let me know me if I am wrong in my assumptions - or worse, if I am being presumptuous ...

2) Would these words/terms below make sense to a Japanese person? Could these words/terms be written in any of the three scripts, or would the two Hiragana terms I have coined [(b) and (c)] be acceptable? Would somebody recommend alternatives if these are incorrect?

The terms I need assistance with, initially, are:
a) The name of the fictitious Japanese android manufacturing company I propose is Nihon-Botto. Its abbreviated form is Nihombo (the correct pronunciation for Nihon-bo). Does such a company exist? Also, am I allowed to use the word 'Nihon' or are there any restrictions on who uses a country's name and how it is used?
b) Laws of Androids/Robots: Jinzoujinhou (じんぞうじんほう) [Think Asimov's 'Three Laws of Robotics']
c) Rights of Androids/Robots: Jinzoujinken (じんぞうじんけん) [My own addition to field of the Robotics]

There are several other Japanese words/terms I have created, but I don't want to ask too much of you all on my first attempt at seeking help.

If some kind soul(s) do assist me, I will be grateful

Should my requests not cross the limits of the forum's tolerance, I will seek further assistance.

Thank you for looking anyway and thanks in advance for any and all help.

Regards.

Hit

P.S. I am not an expert at the Japanese language. I have studied a few levels of conversational Japanese. So ... please be gentle.

 

[Toritoribe]

2) a)
ボット usually refers to bots, especially bot as a virus rather than robot in Japanese.

If there were a company Nihon-Botto, its abbreviated form would be Nichibo, not Nihombo.
e.g.
日本ハム[Nippon Ham] --> 日ハム[Nichihamu]
日本冷蔵[Nihon Reizou] --> ニチレイ[Nichirei]

2) b)
人造人間法[じんぞうにんげんほう]/アンドロイド法[あんどろいどほう]
Although "Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics" is usually translated to アシモフのロボット工学三原則[あしもふのろぼっとこうがくさんげんそく].

2) c)
人造人間人権[じんぞうにんげんじんけん]/アンドロイド人権[あんどろいどじんけん]

 

[Hit Veda]

Thank you.

I have one query based on your reply and a request. If you do have the time, please let me know.

My original name for the made-up company was Nihon Robotto - but I saw publications (but not any company) by that name, So I changed the name, not realising that 'Botto' could have a completely different meaning (not 'robot', but 'virus'!). I understand your clarification.

1) If I were to use something like 'Nihon Robotto' or 'Nihon Robotics', what could the abbreviated name of the fictitious company then be? I can't possibly use Nichiro because a seafood corporation and a Taiwan-based LCD manufacturer already have this name.

2) Would it be okay with you if I do use the term 'Nichibo' (or any other suggestion from you) in my book(s)? Do I have your permission to use this / these term(s)? Should you agree, I will accredit its / their creation to you (Toritoribe or any other name you suggest) in the acknowledgements section of the relevant book(s).

3) I will work on the 'Laws' vs 'Principles' issue. About the 'rights', I do mean 'Rights of Androids', which I am drafting at the moment. These will be something on the lines of the 'Rights of Man' or 'Droits de l'Homme'. My generic names for these concepts, originally in French, are 'Lois des Droides', where they relate to Asimov's 3 'Principles' and 'Droits des Droides' (where 'Droits' mean 'Rights').

Once again, thank you for your reply. It was most helpful. Thanks in advance also for any further contribution you choose to make.

Hit.

 

[Toritoribe]

1)
I would use Nichirobo for both "Nihon Robotto" and "Nihon Robotics". Although there seems to exist a bicycle maker 日本ロボティクス[NIHON Robotics].

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Another company name I can think of is 日本ロボット工業[にほんろぼっとこうぎょう] "Nihon Robot Industry" and 日本ロボット工学研究所[にほんろぼっとこうがくけんきゅうじょ] "Nihon Robotics Institute". The abbreviated names would be Nichirokou/Nichirokō("ou/ō" refers to the long vowel "o") and Nichiroken, respectively.

2)
No problem. No need to ask my permission to use them, and no need to add any credit to that, either. You can use these terms freely.

3)
I prefer アンドロイド法 and アンドロイド人権. If you need to use the term ロボット, ロボット法 and ロボット人権 can work. There's no problem about 人造人間法, but 人造人間人権 sounds a bit awkward to me.

 

[Hit Veda]

Thanks to Toritoribe

1)
I would use Nichirobo for both "Nihon Robotto" and "Nihon Robotics". Although there seems to exist a bicycle maker 日本ロボティクス[NIHON Robotics].

Thank you both for your permission to use your contributions as well for the later suggestions. I will definitely go ahead and use those I find appropriate. Also, as a small gesture of thanks on my part, I will be thanking in my 'Acknowledgements' section, all contributors to the discussions I have had on this and another forum.

I will post another request later tomorrow ... as I am ready to drop now.

Regards and thanks once again.

Hit.