Talk:Shin Onigashima

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Does Shin Onigashima (新・鬼ヶ島) literally mean "New Demon Island"? I'm not so sure, because when Noveltyghost translated the Japanese article to the English article, he believed it literally means "New Onigashima", because Japanese names like Shigeru, Hideo, Chihiro, and Masahiro should be left unchanged. Parrothead1983 (talk) 00:36, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. I probably should have checked here before retranslating it to "New Devil Island"... My reasoning was that names like "Shigeru", "Hideo", "Chihiro", and "Masahiro" don't have translations, whereas "Oni ga Shima" does. So for instance in Japan it would be ridiculous to even try to translate an English name like "Cornelius" in any way except phonetically, but it would be easy to translate something like "Deer Island." Anyway, I'll change it back to the way it was for now. I think the real answer is that if it's a Proper name, as in this case, then we should stick to a phonetic translation. I do think it's potentially noteworthy, though, to know the literal translation given the plot of the game. So I'll retain a single mention of the literal translation at the top. -Thibbs (talk) 20:51, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]