

If Togashi originally conceived the names in Japanese, for example Furikusu,
how was it decided that this would translate into the decidedly weird Freecss,
with 2 's'?

How did Zorudikku become the decidedly English-sounding Zoldyck?

How is the official spelling of names like Zushi decided from Zooci, or Killua
over Kirua? Or when Chrollo is used over Kuroro?

Is it all simply a translator's discretion, or is there input from someone
else about what they might have been intended to be?


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How were the English translations of character names for Hunter x Hunter conceived?


Because this is how it translates to phonetical English. Furikusu basically
sounds as "Freakks" (Sounds like Freak but with a bit more emphasis on k
sound). Kirua would be pronounced as Killua. Kuroro is Chrollo.

This is because of the lack of vowels and consonants in the Japanese language.
To compensate for it, they add a vowel of their own after a consonant. For
example -

  1. The English word "Freak" would be pronounced as "Furiku".
  2. "Accent" would be pronounced as "Akkosento".
  3. "Hunter" would be pronounced as "Huntoru"

Trust me, they are all right. To understand this yourself, you can go here >
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTYB3-pQk8o>


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Because the creator provided proper romanizations of the names. Every name as
it is written in the subtitles appears that way on official material


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