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Old 03-14-2018, 05:26 AM   #1757
Rocco Del Sesto
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Originally Posted by Waltercito View Post
His correct name is Günter Huber. Since the german "Umlauts" like "ü" doesn't exist in english, names with said umlauts get often translated without them (Gunter), but the correct translation would be Guenter. This is especially important in the case of this name, since both Günter and Gunter are both legitimate german names (as well as Gunther and Günther).

German umlauts are transcripted like this:

Ü = ue
Ä = ae
Ö = oe

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Walter
Thank you Walter for the explanation! I never understood the .. symbol.

Rocco
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