I have a quick question about how to communicate with someone online who speaks Japanese. My friend cant speak English well and I want to communicate back in katakana. I don't think that he can read romanji. Is there a web page that I can use to type in katakana?
how do you type in katakana?
- Thread starter Jen_b
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it's unlikely that your friend would be unable to read romaji. English in katakana is still English, and would probably be even more confusing and indecipherable than plain English. Keep your sentences simple and you'll have a better chance of him understanding you.
. i got a little worried that we would never be able to talk. 
- 8 Aug 2005
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Romaji (no "n") is Japanese written in English letters. Unless you are writing things like "ohisashiburi desu ne! genki desu ka?" you are not writing in romaji, you are writing in English.
Grim Roach
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Do you use XP?
Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language Tab -> Details -> Settings Tab -> Search for Japanese (You might need your XP CD) then Add.
You might want to check if your language bar is being showed, you can do this by clicking the 'Language Bar' in the same window.
You should see a weird looking bar near your system tray, just play around with it you should be able to type in Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji with it.
Hope that helps.
Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language Tab -> Details -> Settings Tab -> Search for Japanese (You might need your XP CD) then Add.
You might want to check if your language bar is being showed, you can do this by clicking the 'Language Bar' in the same window.
You should see a weird looking bar near your system tray, just play around with it you should be able to type in Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji with it.
Hope that helps.
