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[Bluehawk]

You're not supposed to change foreign names at all, in this day and age. If your name is John Petersson and you call yourself Ivan Petrov, people will think you're a weirdo.

 

[Fierce Headmaster]

James Potter in our translated HP books is called Tiago Potter.
Like, I know it has the same origin, but come on.

 

[Eктωρ]

James even has "Jaime" as a valid Portuguese translation. Jaime Ceramista

Russians add -ev to foreign last names sometimes.

Yev, mivter gomev, we welcome you in Rossiya

 

[Austupaio]

You're not supposed to change foreign names at all, in this day and age. If your name is John Petersson and you call yourself Ivan Petrov, people will think you're a weirdo.

I dunno, it's not uncommon for Asian and African immigrants to take on a more American name. Often justified for the Africans, as their names can crazy as ****. Not generally justified for Asians, though, they're usually pretty straightforward to pronounce.

 

[Eктωρ]

Brazil kind of has that, but it mostly stems from our incapacity to pronounce foreign names. There's a bunch of Polish, Italian and German names that aren't even made more "Portuguese", they're just badly mangled all around, like people named "Müller" that became "Mueller" but are adamant that their names are pronounced /muɛˈlˑɛh/ or /muɛˈlˑɛx/.

 

[Anarion]

It's not just that their names are difficult, it's depressingly common to be passed over for jobs if your name is foreign looking.

 

[Bluehawk]

I meant in the Russian language. You're supposed to spell a foreign name in Cyrillic phonetically as it's pronounced in its native language, and not "russify" it in any way except as the alphabet demands.

 

[Austupaio]

Oh, I thought you meant in general, I didn't realize you meant locally to Russia. Nevermind.

 

[Fierce Headmaster]

Jaime Ceramista

Sometimes I like to think that as a translator I won't do horrible crimes like that... but the possibilities

 

[Anarion]

I meant in the Russian language. You're supposed to spell a foreign name in Cyrillic phonetically as it's pronounced in its native language, and not "russify" it in any way except as the alphabet demands.

Yeah, that's absolutely true. But, pardon my ignorance, haven't they always done that?

 

[Eктωρ]

Sometimes I like to think that as a translator I won't do horrible crimes like that... but the possibilities

Dunno, Jaime Potter seems to be completely okay.

 

[Wulfburk]

Frodo Bolseiro is quite horrible as well..

God i burned my LOTR books translated to portuguese, got'em in english next.

 

[Pharaoh Llandy]

Another one bites the dust.