Thread:Luxartisan/@comment-27869316-20200604134130/@comment-27869316-20200610061703

With all due respect I disagree. It seems inconsistent to treat the novels different in this regard when we follow the same convention for article titles for all other media types that do not have official romanized titles ie. books, songs, drama CDs, radio series, etc.

The reason being, as previously discussed when we first settled the matter regarding those other media titles, is that kanji can often have a broad range of interpretations depending on who is doing the translating. Some people do very direct & literal translations, while others take more liberty with the exact phrasing/words in order to preserve what they believe to be the meaning of the original kanji/phrase. This can lead to multiple different English names within the fandom which makes things confusing and is why people tend to refer to these things by their romaji titles as their is usual only a very small margin for error or confusion.

A good example of this that I used to illustrate the point previously is Haru's song, アオノカナタ. The romaji is Ao no Kanata, since its given in katakana this is an immutable fact; in terms of translating the "Ao no" part is very straightforward but the "Kanata" part of the title can have more than one meaning. The person who translated the lyrics and allowed us to use them here on the wiki decided to in this case translate it as "Distance" but kanata is usually more commonly given as "Beyond", thus the song could either be titled "The Blue Distance" or "The Blue Beyond" in English depending on the translators preference.

Therefore, if we wish to keep our system consistent I think it makes more logistical sense to label novel chapters that have kanji titles with no official translation given by KyoAni with their romaji titles on articles.

-Fox 06:17, June 10, 2020 (UTC)