Translate Japanese Model Names into English

How can I translate Japanese model names in MMD? How do I read Japanese file names? My MikuMikuDance model has a Japanese name, how can I read it?

Translate Japanese Model Names into English!

Swimsuit Wind … Who knew!

You probably have models with names that look like this:

I wanted to learn the name of the model I had always called “Bikini Miku” … after using this little trick to translate Japanese model names, it turns out her name is “Swimsuit Wind” … Who knew??

I use Google Translate to tell me the name.

First, one-click to select the model’s Japanese file name. Then, wait a moment and click it again to highlight the letters of the name … and COPY those letters.

I copy it by doing a “control c” … or you can right click the type and select COPY. Then click off to the side of the screen, somewhere, to un-select that name.

Go to translate.google.com …

This a handy site for those of us who are Japanese impaired “:o). … It does a terrible job of translating Japanese …

… but we can often get the gist of what is written.

Click the buttons, there, to translate from Japanese to English … and Paste your file name into the Japanese side …

You will see the translation in the English window.

Now you know … !

I don’t think you want to change your file names … I wouldn’t do it. But, at least you can know your model’s original name!