Dub Name Change/English to Polish
Literature
- Discworld
- In Soul Music, the name of one of the main characters, Glod, was changed to "Buog" (like "Bóg", God) for sake of preserving a single minor pun ("We're on a mission from Glod"). Unfortunately, this caused an inconsistency with an earlier book, where "Glod" was also the name of an angry dwarf summoned by a dyslexic magic wish for "gold", and his name was translated differently back then.
- Tiffany Aching had her first name changed to the bizarre "Akwila" for no apparent reason, but thankfully this was changed in later translations.
- Winnie the Pooh becomes Kubus Puchatek (literally, Jimmy Pooh). The names of his friends are kept largely as literal translations, but this causes issues with Owl in Slavic versions: the word sowa in Polish (and sova in Russian) is grammatically feminine, meaning that Owl is always referred to as a girl rather than a boy as he is in the originals. In the Soviet cartoon series, Vinni Pukh, Owl was depicted with a bonnet and shawl as very definitely female.
- There was one Polish translator who decided that "Winnie" was obviously short for "Winnifreda", and released an alternative translation of the book accordingly. To this day, it is a symbol of horrible translations in Poland.
Western Animation
- Phineas and Ferb:
- Phineas to Fineasz
- Perry to Pepe
- Candace to Fredka
- Stacy to Stefa
- Doofenshmirtz to Dundersztyc
- Storm Hawks:
- Aerrow to Strza?a
- Piper to Faja
- Finn to Pia;tak
- Junko to Szmelc
- Stork to Bocian (a literal translation, this one)
- Ravess to Majak
- Snipe to Strza?
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