There are translation online tools everywhere that can do it. and from experience with Hebrew translation, I never experienced a translation that came off sounding different than the actual name. The names more often than not appear just as they are written in Hebrew when you watch a basketball game there on tv.
I see what you mean about the Obama thing, like if the computer read the last name Hill in translation it would actually translate the word Hill referencing the not as steep mountain. Well if translation tools are smart enough to translate any words and even sentences I'm sure there is someplace that has a tool that directly translate letters in the other language as its read regardless if it can be found in the dictionary.
Last edited by Coach_Gil at 3/25/2011 11:19:57 PM