Talk:Charlotte De-Chat

English Spelling
It is really uncommon, if not nonexistent, for a first name to have a dash. The original French word that the name is based on doesn't have a dash. It is simply "de chat." It makes more sense to leave it as Charlotte De Chat, or if going by normal naming conventions, "Charlotte de Chat" or "Charlotte DeChat." Nightmare Pirates (talk) 05:41, January 25, 2019 (UTC)

I understand your reasoning, but I feel like it applies the same way it does to Mont-d'Or and High-Fat. I think Dechat or DeChat might be good alternatives. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 18:20, January 25, 2019 (UTC)

The original French word spelled in Japanese is ラング・ド・シャ, where the dots essentially denote spaces. This guy's name on the other hand is spelled ドシャ. It's intended to be one name, so spaces would be confusing. Same situation as with Mont-d'or. Dashes make it clear that it's one name while avoiding jumbling together the words from the reference. And personally speaking, in my language it's not strange at all for a first name to have a dash. 18:41, January 25, 2019 (UTC)

If its one word then it would be Dechat. SeaTerror (talk) 21:30, January 25, 2019 (UTC)

Having dashes is definitely better than leaving it at one word. In DB Super, ゴクウブラック is officially transliterated as “GOKOU-BLACK”. I don’t think having dashes is a problem Meshack (talk) 21:37, January 25, 2019 (UTC)

I guess it's a preference issue, so if the wiki decides that De-Chat is more suitable then that's fine by me. However, if I may, I would like to argue that if the anime or the One Piece website reveals a proper English "translation" that differs from how the wiki wrote it, that we change it to that. This is more of the case for Montb than De-Chat, but for example, if the anime or website names Montb as Montbu, Monbu, Montblu, etc..., I think we should go with what they say because it is more official than a fan "translation." It isn't really a translation in the traditional sense, but more of a transliteration. Something like De-Chat or Mont-d'Or makes little difference with spaces or dashes, but the spelling for Montb looks like it might be controversial, simply because the spelling doesn't exactly reflect how it sounds.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 22:38, January 25, 2019 (UTC)