Forum:Translating the "no Mi"

This is something I've been wondering over, why we keep the words "no Mi" in the devil fruit names. I mean, we all know it means fruit, and it's not part of the name itself, it's a noun, and should be translated, not left untranslated. I also think we should consider translating the entire devil fruit names to English since I don't think it really makes sense to keep them untranslated since they're such obvious names.

Discussion
There's a reason we haven't done this yet. Devil Fruit names can have multiple meanings, one just as correct as the other. For instance. Mr. 5's fruit translates to both bomb and boom. Or Buffalo's which can become either spin or rotor. Since there are multiple correct translations, we don't know which one is technically correct, so we keep the Japanese name, which serves as an amalgamation of all possibilities for each fruit. Also, some of them won't translate well since they follow the Japanese onomatopoeia and not the English, making the translation even harder. As for the no mi, that is kept as a formality due to the base word of the name remaining in Japanese, which is why you don't see Buki Buki Fruit or Hie Hie Fruit. 01:21, March 27, 2013 (UTC)