Thread:KodachiZero/@comment-24978790-20170415074255/@comment-3215051-20170415142746

Translating names from Japanese relies heavily on pronunciation more than anything else. It's a matter of finding out the right way to pronounce the name and then finding a name that has the same pronunciation.

We've figured out that each region usually has a theme:
 * Holy Kingdom & Sage's Tower use European names.
 * Flame Sprites use repetition in their names.
 * Earth Sprites use names with very strong consonants.
 * Lake of Sand uses Arabic names.
 * Forest Sprites use Spanish words:
 * Golden Fruit Tribe usually uses words related to what plant they've assimilated with.
 * Sea Breeze Tribe usually uses words related to the animal that they've received the blessing of, but Seawalkers use Portuguese instead of Spanish.
 * Thousand Rivers Tribe usually uses words that can be considered as powerful forces of nature.
 * Nine Territories uses Japanese names so it's just romanizing them.
 * Daybreak Ocean uses names from countries known for seafaring as well as names that have something to do with water.
 * Beastorians have a repeated syllable in their names.
 * Land of Sin uses American names.
 * Ephemerals use 1-2 syllable names for the most part.
 * Ironsmoke uses Germanic names.
 * Chronicle and Bookshelf usually use names significant in either religions or mythology.
 * Demons use the Genii from the Nuctemeron aside from Agudara who matches the Thousand Rivers theme instead.
 * Anything goes for Lemures Island and the Travelers who aren't from collaborations, though. They can be real names or made-up, even.

So for us, it's usually just a matter of finding out the pronunciation and a name that fits both the origin and the way the name is pronounced. [Zero]