Thread:ThisUserLikesOreo/@comment-35403335-20180622134614/@comment-35403335-20180624131959

Han0303 wrote: Oh, my god. Seriously, just call it Kongfu Conehead Zombie. Easy, and Chinese zombies don't have to be direct translations. Aye, I agree. Anyone who knows both Chinese and English well would agree.

Direct translations can be really dang wrong, if you have a similar name from the international version to cross them with.(for example, Pumpkin Witch and Witch Hazel, and Kongfu Conehead Zombie and other variants of Conehead Zombies from the international. The Chinese names of the international and the exclusive should be compared too, and you may find that it is unlikely that a direct translation would be used if the exclusive existed in the international. I think I've explained myself dry on that point. Sadly, it seems that direct translations, however unlikely, are the custom here if there is no official name provided)

Just for notice, there are certain translations for China exclusives that are not direct translations, and  yet have been accepted.

竹小弟, known here as Bamboo Brother, would be 'Bamboo Younger Brother' if directly translated.

莲小莲, known here as Small Lotus, would be 'Lotus Small Lotus' if directly translated.

竹小龙, known here as Bruce Bamboo, would be 'Bamboo Bruce' if directly translated.

Can not some others have non-direct translations as well? Or are we afraid of change to the more correct?