I am a long term fan of Final Fantasy, and as such I've seen various different versions of the games. I really love it how very often there will be at least two names for each character depending on which version you've got - hell sometimes it's more than character, it can be monster names, spell names, you name it. Sometimes the mistranslation can actually sound better, sometimes it ironically creates a meaning when there isn't one there, and other times it just looks completely wrong...

This thread will be a discussion on how we all see different, translations of stuff in FF games, and whether we use the correct names or prefer the bad translation for them.

I shall start

These are for FFV characters, but this still belongs in the general forum because this will hopefully cover all games eventually.

(Note: The bold parts are what I think are the correct translations)

Butz/Batz/Bartz: I longer do Butz = Butts jokes (it's probably not pronounced that way anyway), Batz came up too late for me for it to register, Bartz to me, sounds better, and it is the first on I saw. I just got used to it - I know it's wrong.

Lenna/Reina: Without second thought, Reina all the way. Again I realize it's wrong, but think about this even in an FF game, why should the second child of a king be Queen Queen? (for those who don't get that, "Lenna" actually means "Queen") it just doesn't seam right to do it like that. Add that her surname has a "rich" theme to it, and it feels like someone is playing a joke on you. Besides Lenna sounds a bit silly to say in my opinion, "Reina" actually sounds like a genuine RPG type name in my book, it has a sort of "Fantasy" type ring to it.

Krille/Cara/Kulutlu(?): Well for a start, how the hell do you pronounce "Krille" (Krill-eee?) and "Kulutlu" (Not even trying it, it's probably spelt wrong anyway...)? Cara is wrong, but it's the easiest for me to use and it always kind of stuck with me for some reason.

X-Death/Exdeath: Both sound the same, but "X-Death" looks like a comic-book character's name Go with Exdeath.

Sarisa/Salsa: Salsa? That's a type of food isn't it? I prefer Sarisa, it is the correct one, and provides a clue to how she got the name (SPOILER)"Faris".

Hope it's a good discussion for you all to do, looking forward to it.

(Note: You don't have to write it like I did - that was just to get the ball rolling.)