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The primary and preferred method of romanization of Japanese used on Bulbapedia will be the utilization of the '''trademarked name''' of the subject in question. For example, while {{p|Umbreon}}'s Japanese name of '''ブラッキー''' would be taken literally to be romanized as ''Burakki'', the name copyrighted by Game Freak and Nintendo is in fact ''Blacky'': note how "''Burakki''" is a close approximation of this in katakana. A table of these trademarked names is found [[List of Japanese Pokémon names|here]], itself derived from various official Nintendo sources as well as the Japanese list of trademarks. | The primary and preferred method of romanization of Japanese used on Bulbapedia will be the utilization of the '''trademarked name''' of the subject in question. For example, while {{p|Umbreon}}'s Japanese name of '''ブラッキー''' would be taken literally to be romanized as ''Burakki'', the name copyrighted by Game Freak and Nintendo is in fact ''Blacky'': note how "''Burakki''" is a close approximation of this in katakana. A table of these trademarked names is found [[List of Japanese Pokémon names|here]], itself derived from various official Nintendo sources as well as the Japanese list of trademarks. | ||
The secondary method of romanization of Japanese used on Bulbapedia will be the {{wp|Hepburn romanization|Hepburn standard}}, itself used widely by the world outside Japan to transliterate Japanese text. Long vowels are indicated by using the macron-topped letters '''Ā Ē Ī Ō Ū ā ē ī ō ū''', and should be used rather than a doubling of the letter, a tilde, a circumflex, or an unmarked vowel. Please note that if the copyrighted romanization uses one of these that it is not wrong (i.e., '''オオタチ''' ''Ootachi'', {{p|Furret}}, which is trademarked with the doubled O. | The secondary method of romanization of Japanese used on Bulbapedia will be the {{wp|Hepburn romanization|Hepburn standard}}, itself used widely by the world outside Japan to transliterate Japanese text. Long vowels are indicated by using the macron-topped letters '''Ā Ē Ī Ō Ū ā ē ī ō ū''', and should be used rather than a doubling of the letter, a tilde, a circumflex, or an unmarked vowel. Please note that if the copyrighted romanization uses one of these that it is not wrong (i.e., '''オオタチ''' ''Ootachi'', {{p|Furret}}, which is trademarked with the doubled O). | ||
For Hepburn romanization: | For Hepburn romanization: | ||
