I read a lot of random fantasy romance manhwa in my free time nowadays, and at least three times now I've seen them translate a noble house surname as "Etwall" or "Etwal". Please, for the love of God, Google your names to make sure they're not French before finalizing them... (It's Étoile, "star") - ThreadSky

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dramata.bsky.social • 22 days ago

I read a lot of random fantasy romance manhwa in my free time nowadays, and at least three times now I've seen them translate a noble house surname as "Etwall" or "Etwal". Please, for the love of God, Google your names to make sure they're not French before finalizing them... (It's Étoile, "star")

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garinl.bsky.social•21 days ago

thinking about the romancing saga 3 fan patch using brover for bullova lol

vf5ss.bsky.social•22 days ago

If only they remembered Strawberry Panic. Don't mess with the Étoile-sama.

dramata.bsky.social•21 days ago

Other candidates for names with questionable translations:

Ludevig (Ludwig)
Bleiah (Blair)
Tivolt (Tybalt)
Legis (Regis)
Epe (Epée, the dude is a sword master)

dramata.bsky.social•21 days ago

I've also seen at least two master mages called "Serion" (Therion, the historic Aleister Crowley's personal fanfic name for himself).

usapyons.bsky.social•21 days ago

My eye just twitched reading these

katch.bsky.social•21 days ago

I like Ludevig, but 100% admit that Ludwig is the right choice 😅

Reminds me of how rigorous these things were translating research papers. Turkish is ROUGH in katakana.

Also, you made me google épée to see that there are 2 potential places for accents, and I feel like this is cursed knowledge.

theryusui.bsky.social•22 days ago

even Ganbare Goemon for N64 got that one right

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