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> Personal names will sometimes be translated - depending on when the person moved or decided to present as. E.g. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_II_del_R

by roxymusic1973 4y ago

> Personal names will sometimes be translated - depending on when the person moved or decided to present as. E.g. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_II_del_Reino_Unido https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_II_del_Reino_Unido

koala_man 4y ago
Or Cristoforo Colombo, aka Christopher Columbus
- int_19h 4y ago
  Historically it's more common than not. E.g. most names of European monarchs are translated.
  - philwelch 4y ago
    Popes too. Pope John Paul II was Jan Pawel II in his native Poland, Giovanni Paolo in Italy, and so forth. Pope Francis is Francesco in Italian and Francisco in his native Spanish.
    - skissane 4y ago
      If a Pope has one most proper name, it would have to be his name in Latin: Ioannes Paulus II, Benedictus XVI, Franciscus.
      - philwelch 4y ago
        Certainly.
  - mjirv 4y ago
    I was recently reading a Spanish newspaper that referred to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Harry as Isabel and Enrique. It was a little surprising since I’ve only ever seen the Spanish kings referred to as Juan Carlos and Felipe in English-language media, never by translations.