Talk:Erwin Smith

Erwin or Irvin
Most fantranslations in both anime and manga use Erwin. According to MAL, even Kodansha USA uses Erwin. Compared to that are there any indications that Irvin is correct?

NeoSuperior (talk) 15:34, August 25, 2013 (UTC)

Well, Irvin is the original fan translation. Plus, the latest Mangastream translation uses Irvin as well, though it's possible they have gotten it from here or whatever was our source back then, because their other translations strangely match ours, such as Scouting Legion. Either way, I personally wouldn't mind using Erwin though it's not for me to decide as my knowledge of Japanese romanization is very vague. We could also vote, I guess. 16:57, August 25, 2013 (UTC)


 * We're waiting for the official Blu-Ray/DVD release


 * Just wanna throw this in: link It's an interesting point of reference and while they're obviously not confirmed official names (barring Eren, Mikasa, Armin and Levi), it helps in giving us an idea on where Isayama may have gotten the names from in the first place and how they compare to the Kodansha translations. In that regard, the name Erwin is becoming even more likely to be the actual spelling given how the name literally means "army friend" in German (in which case, Isayama is already known to have borrowed German names and SNK itself is laden with German language in its OPs and promotionional material). DementedP (talk) 19:25, September 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * I mostly got used to write "Irvin" because of this wiki, but for his name to be Irvin, the Katakana would have to be イルヴィン rather than エルヴィン. It's safe to assume that "Irvin" is incorrect, but I'm not taking the pain of renaming every link and/or mention of him, though. EDIT: A bot would do it in an instant, but admins don't seem to like coding.  h fc 2 X  20:47, September 10, 2013 (UTC)