Pronunciations

[Pixel]

I always said sep-hi-roth....... everyones wrong but me

Thats an odd one, but I've heard it before. The voice actress I got for Yuffie pronounce Sephiroth like that, so I had to take an F sound from another line and mix it in.

The pronunciation of Shin-Ra gets muddled up in the compilation. In Dirge, the reporter at the beginning pronounces it Sheen-Ra. Those were later recording session than any other compilation title, so it might be a correction to the earlier pronunciation.

I cant remember how other characters in Dirge say it, but I think it's Shin-Ra.

 

[Starling]

Simple solution for inconsistent in universe pronunciation: Accents and dialects.

 

[ForceStealer]

I always said sep-hi-roth....... everyones wrong but me

Thats an odd one, but I've heard it before. The voice actress I got for Yuffie pronounce Sephiroth like that, so I had to take an F sound from another line and mix it in.

I think I might have said it like that as a kid. But not for very long. I mean it wouldn't be the ONLY word like that. (Shepherd, for instance)

The pronunciation of Shin-Ra gets muddled up in the compilation. In Dirge, the reporter at the beginning pronounces it Sheen-Ra. Those were later recording session than any other compilation title, so it might be a correction to the earlier pronunciation.

I cant remember how other characters in Dirge say it, but I think it's Shin-Ra.

Tifa also says Sheen-Ra on the phone call with Vincent, "I'm sending you a map of the Sheen-Ra building." But I'm fairly certain Reeve says Shin-Ra.

Also, Crisis Core and the Advent Children Complete scenes were both recorded later than Dirge. And both of those say Shin-Ra. (lots of instances in Crisis Core, Reno to Rude in AC Complete)

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Simple solution for inconsistent in universe pronunciation: Accents and dialects.

I'm good with this.

 

[Pixel]

I always said sep-hi-roth....... everyones wrong but me

Thats an odd one, but I've heard it before. The voice actress I got for Yuffie pronounce Sephiroth like that, so I had to take an F sound from another line and mix it in.

I think I might have said it like that as a kid. But not for very long. I mean it wouldn't be the ONLY word like that. (Shepherd, for instance)

The pronunciation of Shin-Ra gets muddled up in the compilation. In Dirge, the reporter at the beginning pronounces it Sheen-Ra. Those were later recording session than any other compilation title, so it might be a correction to the earlier pronunciation.

I cant remember how other characters in Dirge say it, but I think it's Shin-Ra.

Tifa also says Sheen-Ra on the phone call with Vincent, "I'm sending you a map of the Sheen-Ra building." But I'm fairly certain Reeve says Shin-Ra.

Also, Crisis Core and the Advent Children Complete scenes were both recorded later than Dirge. And both of those say Shin-Ra. (lots of instances in Crisis Core, Reno to Rude in AC Complete)

Yeah, the Sheen-ra pronunciation doesn't even make sense, since it's pronounce Shin in Japanese. I thought I heard Tifa say Sheen, but I couldn't find where the line was. The localisation team on the remake better sort their shit out.

 

[Channy]

Original Marlene in AC says Sheen, doesn't she? When she's narrating the intro bit?

 

[ForceStealer]

Yeah, the Sheen-ra pronunciation doesn't even make sense, since it's pronounce Shin in Japanese. I thought I heard Tifa say Sheen, but I couldn't find where the line was. The localisation team on the remake better sort their shit out.

Well, like we said, Dirge is the only one where that seems to pop up.

 

[Cthulhu]

Oi, it's that seffyros bloke 'avin a giggle, what a feckin wankah! or something

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Simple solution for inconsistent in universe pronunciation: Accents and dialects.

Great suggestion.

The pronunciation of Shin-Ra gets muddled up in the compilation. In Dirge, the reporter at the beginning pronounces it Sheen-Ra. Those were later recording session than any other compilation title, so it might be a correction to the earlier pronunciation.

I cant remember how other characters in Dirge say it, but I think it's Shin-Ra.

Tifa also says Sheen-Ra on the phone call with Vincent, "I'm sending you a map of the Sheen-Ra building." But I'm fairly certain Reeve says Shin-Ra.

Also, Crisis Core and the Advent Children Complete scenes were both recorded later than Dirge. And both of those say Shin-Ra. (lots of instances in Crisis Core, Reno to Rude in AC Complete)

Yeah, the Sheen-ra pronunciation doesn't even make sense, since it's pronounce Shin in Japanese. I thought I heard Tifa say Sheen, but I couldn't find where the line was. The localisation team on the remake better sort their shit out.

In fairness, since "shi" is pronounced like "she" in Japanese, depending on the Japanese voice actor, the "ee" sound is emphasized more. For example, it's pretty obvious when Tifa or Zack say it.

 

[JBedford]

Yeah, the Sheen-ra pronunciation doesn't even make sense, since it's pronounce Shin in Japanese.

Really? I would say "sheen" is closer to the Japanese pronunciation than "shin".

Edit: Ninja'd

 

[Pixel]

It is pretty subtle if you listen to the Japanese dub. I had Tifa's voice actress for the Draw My Life pronounce it Sheen, but I've been going back and forth on that decision.

 

[Ryushikaze]

It's a long E sound, but pronounced quickly, and some people do pronounce it more of a short I than a long E.

 

[hian]

The "I" at the end of "Shi" in Japanese is regularly pronounced quite quickly, so much so in fact, that in many words it's almost omitted entirely.
The name "Yoshiki" for instance, is not pronounced "Yo-shi-ki", it's correctly pronounced "Yosh-ki".
Long "ee" sounds in Japanese are always denoted with an additional "i"(&#12356 at the end of the word, such as adjectives like "Oishii"(tasty), or "tanoshii"(fun).

Actually, while not omitted, the principle of a short "I" is true for almost all singular "I" sounds in Japanese, except some where the "I" is at the beginning of a word.
"Arigatou" for instance, is not pronounced correctly with a long "ee", it's pronounced in a staccato manner with a hurried "I" that puts most of the emphasis on the following consonant the same way the English word "Idiot" is.

Shin-ra is in Japanese, correctly pronounced, Shin(as in the shin on your leg)-ra(with "a" is in "pasta").

Unlike with names like "Aerith" which obviously isn't in any way derivative of Japanese, Shin-ra obviously is, and so I think the reasonable thing to do is to aim for a pronunciation that reflects that.