Responses
I trust your judgement! Every time you've changed something for this series, I completely agree with your reasoning.
For big/little, da/xiao, i'd like that to remain unchanged if it's an endearment or title. Like da-ge, or xiao-jie. Just because big brother or little lady sound awkward in English as the cultural connotations are different. Hope this made sense!
I have a question for my readers regarding character name changes.
In this series I've done so but kept Chinese names in romanized form
However, there will be times when direct Romanization is not the best.
1)Authors thoughtless? naming
-using common names 'big/little' Da/Xiao..
-overused name Bai (Baek in manhwa), Xiao, Li, Lin Ling etc.
2) Author's naming turns bad
- it was meaningful in Chinese but Romanization made it sound silly, weird, off
-weird: can't even pronounce it in romanized form
-Off: King Lan Si (not regal), Wen Wen (male mc,action, monster horror theme),
3) Author naming inconsistent
-eg. Cezar's father had a purely Chinese name (He Lu) (when son and imperial name is not Chinese)
4) Author's naming unfitting for theme
-eg. Romeo in a serious action heavy series
When changes are ?necessary
A) change completely (eg. King He Lu to Hieron) if situation is fitting
B) change partially (keep surname but add English name, especially for theme in modern world, space, military, sci-fi genre etc.)
C) tweak Romanized names (Xiao - Hsiao, Wen Wen - Wei Wen)
[If it's unsalvageable, I might decide not to pick it up]
D) Don't change it no matter how bad it is in Romanized form
If you know me/my style by now, you know I don't change stuff without reason. It's all for better readability. Still, that's just my style and I'd like to hear yours.
Between option A-D, which do you prefer or none of the above?