Names

[OunknownO]

Let's finally decide how do we call all the characters, to put universal names

1.Jinbei, Jimbei
2.Going Merry, Merry Go
3.Jozu, Jos, Jose, Joss, Jaws
4.Juracule Mihawk, Dracule Mihawk, Juraquille Mihawk
5.Marines, Navy
6.Mr. 2 Bon Kurei, Bon Clay, Bon Cray, Bon Kure
7.Portgas D. Ace, Portgaz D. Trace, Portgaz D. Ace, Portugues D. Ace, Portgus D. Ace
8.Enel, Eneru, Ener
9.Gecko Moria, Gekko Moria
10.Oars, Oz, Odz
11.Arabasta, Alabasta
12.Beli, Berry, Belly, Beri

my choices are:

1.Jinbei
2.Going Merry
3.Jozu
4.Juraquille Mihawk
5.Marines
6.Bon Kurei
7.Portgas D. Ace
8.Enel
9.Gecko Moria
10.Oars
11.Alabasta
12.Beli

now please post your choices.

 

[hot_chips]

Its just the translations are variant.
3. Is most likely Joz or Jaws
4. Dracule
6. Bon Clay
Ra, ri, ru , re, ro katakana usually give L sounds.
Zu sounds usually are S sounds when translated to Japanese etc.
All open for interpretation.

 

[Organizized]

When it comes to Going Merry, in japanese it's actually called "Going Merry-go" (or Gōingu Merī-gō romanized to be more precise), because the "gō" is more like a suffix than part of the name. The Thousand Sunny is called Sauzando Sanī-gō, also with the gō suffix. I'm not sure if all ship names end with that in japanese, but in One Piece they all pretty much do (Ōro Jakuson-gō, Reddo Fōsu-gō, etc.). Evidently, Viz wasn't aware of this when they translated it to Merry Go.

1.Jinbei
2.Going Merry
3.Jozu
4.Juraquille Mihawk
5.Marines
6.Bon Kurei
7.Portgas D. Ace
8.Enel
9.Gecko Moria
10.Oars
11.Alabasta
12.Beli

These would be my choices as well, except I say Bon Clay instead of Bon Kurei and also Joz instead of Jozu.

 

[OunknownO]

When it comes to Going Merry, in japanese it's actually called "Going Merry-go" (or Gōingu Merī-gō romanized to be more precise), because the "gō" is more like a suffix than part of the name. The Thousand Sunny is called Sauzando Sanī-gō, also with the gō suffix. I'm not sure if all ship names end with that in japanese, but in One Piece they all pretty much do (Ōro Jakuson-gō, Reddo Fōsu-gō, etc.). Evidently, Viz wasn't aware of this when they translated it to Merry Go.



These would be my choices as well, except I say Bon Clay instead of Bon Kurei and also Joz instead of Jozu.

I'm changing my mind.... from Jozu into Joz, and the same for bon-chan

 

[Ashura_Ichibugin]

1.Jinbei
2.Going Merry
3.Jozu
4.Juraqule Mihawk
5.Marines
6.Bon Kurei
7.Portgas D. Ace
8.Enel
9.Gecko Moria
10.Oars
11.Arabasta
12.Beli

I pretty much agree with the translations here. And as a side note, do not call Luffy as Rufy for God's sake.

 

[Fox666]

4. Dracule

The best choice would be around "Juraquille" rather than "Dracule", as his name seems to actually be a junction of Dracule and Jules (or something like that).

 

[Liger X]

Re: "Bon Clay"

I have a solution for "Mr. 2" here: call him Bentham!!

After all, it's his real name, not his "alias" that the Baroque Works follows; Number and (males) then Holiday (females), especially since "Bon Kurai" is the holiday version for his name. It's not his name, since he is both Male and Female in the Baroque Works class; making him have both nicknames.

Mr. 2 is his codename as a male.
"Bon Kurei" is merely the female equivalent of a holiday in Japan. Just like how Oda did it with all the other females in the Baroque Works structure; Ms. Merry Christmas, Ms. Goldenweek, Ms. Double Finger, etc.

So, if you want to be more "accurate" of this guy, then just refer to him by his name, not his codename...

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[Roarchu]

we understand one another anyway, I just don't like the Marines being called "Navy".

 

[Schabrak]

The title of the thread seems so forcing. Different countries, different translations, so you won't be able to bring every member to use a definite name. But I like how Jinbei is used.

 

[BetaRuler]

Can anyone tell me about Magellans name?

In Japanese they always sound like they say Mazellan, but I saw the name comes from some one based in history who wouldn't have been Japanese, how is his name really pronounced?

 

[Schabrak]

Due to this trivia:

His name resembles the name of a famous Portuguese maritime explorer Ferdinand Magellan who was shot in the foot with a poisonous arrow, which ultimately led to his death.

Magellan would probably be the best, as that's were Oda got his idea for the name.

Japanese Name: マゼラン
Romanized Name: Mazeran
English Name: Magellan
source: onepiece.wikia.com

 

[Faust]

6. Bon Clay
8. Eneru

@.@

 

[tret16]

i would be more inclined to say Dracule since Oda seems to want him to resemble Dracula, that was my look on it really...

 

[Uriel]

Jimbei
Going Merry
Jozu
Juracule Mihawk
Marines
Bon Kurei
Portgas D. Ace
Enel
Gecko Moria
Oars
Alabasta
Beli

And some I would like to add...
Luffy (I hate Rufy, BTW)
Shabondy Archipelago

 

[happy GIN smily]

it is interesting to see how we try to kill the time until the next chapter comes out. i wonder what kind of new threads will be started in the next 3 or 4 weeks. but it is kinda boring to discuss everything to death.

personally i dont care if its Jimbei, Jinbei, Jimbey, Jinbey or whatever... as long as i know who you mean.

 

[tret16]

the way it's pronounce in the anime, i believe they pronounce his name as Jim-Bay so the correct way of spelling it would be Jimbei

 

[Black Lagoon]

WTF, Nobody mentioned the main protagonist ...
Luffy, Rufy, Ruffy ...
I think neither is wrong because the spelling is only altered to sound the same in Japanese and English. And I heard that in french (waiting for Lord Rayleigh to confirm it) Ussop is Pipo, Sanji is Sandy and Zoro is zolo. wtf

 

[Organizized]

WTF, Nobody mentioned the main protagonist ...
Luffy, Rufy, Ruffy ...
I think neither is wrong because the spelling is only altered to sound the same in Japanese and English. And I heard that in french (waiting for Lord Rayleigh to confirm it) Ussop is Pipo, Sanji is Sandy and Zoro is zolo. wtf

While indeed Luffy, Ruffy, Rufi, Rufy etc are all used, the correct one is Luffy. The It's how Oda himself spells it, so even if all other spellings might be accepted in different places (Ruffy is used in Swedish volumes), the one which is officially right is Luffy and the others are wrong.

With that said, I don't really bother if people call Usopp "Lysopp" as I think he's called in German on the forums, or Luffy "Ruffy", etc. In the translations I like to see that they use the official names where possible, of course, but even the official volumes in a lot of languages have altered some of the names pretty seriously, so it's natural that people are gonna spell the names differently.

(although I probably wouldn't have any idea who was talked about if someone kept writing Pipo... )

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

WTF, Nobody mentioned the main protagonist ...
Luffy, Rufy, Ruffy ...
I think neither is wrong because the spelling is only altered to sound the same in Japanese and English. And I heard that in french (waiting for Lord Rayleigh to confirm it) Ussop is Pipo, Sanji is Sandy and Zoro is zolo. wtf

In french, Ussop is indeed Pipo. It comes from " pipeau " which is some kind of flute. Playing pipeau is a french metaphor of lying. So we can say " C'est du pipeau " instead of " C'est un mensonge " to say " This is a lie ".

Also, Sanji is indeed Sandy. However, Zoro is not Zolo but Zorro.

 

[Uriel]

WTF, Nobody mentioned the main protagonist ...
Luffy, Rufy, Ruffy ...

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