Talk:Wendelin von Benno Baumeister/@comment-24053170-20200425215535/@comment-4905541-20200429001954

Dear person on the internet, I'd like to note that that ヴェル I wrote down by copying it straight out of the original Syosetsu novel and kindly translated for you using my knowledge learned from going through Nihonggo as my Foreign Language course subject during my graduate days is literally "Vel" if you translate it and is literally pronounced that way (Veru) in Japanese albeit there are many Japanese people who have difficulty pronouncing V and L sounds in-case you didn't know. That innate Japanese difficulty in pronunciation is what is confusing you and is why you insist on using the voice drama's as your proof even though it's plain obvious the voice actors, even in the anime, were doing their utmost to pronounce it as "Veru" (Louise's VA being the worst offender due to her nasal voice quality) while having an even more obvious easier time saying Wendelin as "Wendelin". Some of the VAs do try saying Wendelin as "Vendelin" too just like the announcer during the audience with the king in Episode 4. One instance a VA got it right with the actual pronunciation in the anime was one of Wendelin's older brothers also in Episode 4 at around 16:33~ when they meet again for the wedding party in the capital.

If you don't believe some random poster on the internet like me and ironically, yourself, here is Google Translate to do the job for you. Note that the result is the same if you use Mecab and ATLAS which are both dictionary programs professionally used to translate Japanese into other languages like English.

https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=ja&tl=en&text=%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB

Also, just so you know, "von" is a German Nobility Particle. A quick search on the internet easily tells you that historic fact if you don't believe this stranger. The noble Braihiraider is also the obvious Japanization of Breich/Bereich Ritter which is German for Realm Knight fitting his position as a noble knight lineage of rulers. It's just that the pronunciation is really hard for that surname so they simplified it as Braihiraider.

Oh, and you mention author's notes and whatever other official media as your proof of insistence so here's another evidence. The official name the Light Novels and every other version of this series' adaptation use for Wendelin is always writted in Katakana. It's " ヴェンデリン". Read the phonetic reading and pronunciation guide spelled with romaji/English letters under the Japanese text field in this Google Translate. Note that this is Wendelin's name copied straight out of the novel itself which I have open now.

https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=ja&tl=en&text=%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3