克劳 (Kèláo): Crow / Krause / Klaus / Claude…

Meanings

1 Crow / Krause / Klaus / Claude (transliteration syllable for various European names)
2 shortened form of fuller transliterations like 克劳福德 (Crawford), 克劳斯 (Klaus)

Characters

克

kè

to overcome; transliteration syllable

劳

láo

labor; transliteration syllable

Examples

字幕翻译里把那个外国人叫克劳。

Zìmù fānyì lǐ bǎ nàge wàiguó rén jiào Kèláo.

In the subtitle translation that foreigner was called Crow.

克劳是这部小说的主人公。

Kèláo shì zhè bù xiǎoshuō de zhǔréngōng.

Crow is the protagonist of this novel.

Tips

usage

Two-syllable transliteration that anchors many longer foreign names: 克劳福德 (Crawford), 克劳斯 (Klaus/Claus), 克劳迪奥 (Claudio), 克劳德 (Claude). Subtitle translators often clip back to 克劳 alone when dialogue is fast.