What are the names of Marvel characters in other languages?

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Yesterday I made a thread for people to guess X-Men characters from their names in Spanish translations of the comics (here's that thread). People easily guessed them all and furthermore provided many other translated names from Spanish, French, Portuguese. I really like discovering the names of characters abroad, so if you know any, please share! Names of characters, teams, fictional places, objects -- anything at all. If possible also provide the literal translation of the name if it doesn't correspond exactly with the English. (e.g. Mariposa Mental = "Mental Butterfly" = Psylocke).

Looking forward to seeing what people have got!

[ThunderWolf!!!]

Bulgarian:
Човекът Паяк - Spider-man
Циклопът - Cyclops
Железният Човек - Iron Man
Фантастичната Четворка - Fantastic Four
Върколак (means Werewolf) or Росомах - Wolverine
Нещото - The Thing

I will write more some other time.

[Countgate]

In Brazil

Captain America = Capitão América
Thor = Thor
Iron Man = Homem de Ferro
Ms. Marvel = Ms. Marvel
Spiderman = Homem-Aranha
- Venom = Venom
- Green Goblin = Duende Verde
- Doctor Octopus = Doutor Octopus
Daredevil = Demolidor (demolisher, the most correct traduction is "Desafiador", but DC's Deadman already uses the name)
- Bullseye = Mercenário (mercenary)
Punisher = Justiceiro (who bring justice)

Fantastic Four = Quarteto Fantástico
- Mr. Fantastic = Sr. Fantástico
- Invisible Woman = Mulher Invisível
- The Thing = O Coisa
- Human Torch = Tocha Humana

Avengers = Vingadores
- Hawkeye = Gavião Arqueiro (Archer Hawk)
- Scarlet Witch = Feiticeira Escarlate
- Vision = Visão
- Wonder Man = Magnum (nobody knows why, isn't even a word in portuguese)
- Spider Woman = Mulher Aranha

X-Men = X-Men

- Wolverine = Wolverine
- Professor X = Professor X
- Emma Frost = Emma Frost
-Cyclops = Cíclope
- Iceman = Homem de Gelo
- Angel = Anjo
- Beast = Fera
- Nightcrawler = Noturno (nocturnal)

Thunderbolts = Thunderbolts

- Baron Zemo = Barão Zemo
- The Fixer = Consertador
- Songbird = Soprano (the voice classification)
- Moonstone = Rocha Lunar

[strook]

in dutch most names are the same in english but some how they used to change Nightcrawler...

Nightcrawler = Harlekein ( in english this would be Harlequin)

[Whirlwind Dinamo]

Surfer d'Argent it means the same thing in French but also implies he's rich or has lots of currency. For Batman I've seen the French use 'chauve-souris ça vit la nuit..' but it just doesn't work as a name it leads you to believe he's some type of vigilante gutter rat or flying rodent, where as in English Bat just means a flying bat or something you hit a baseball with. Doctor Centella in South American Spanish, kinda means he's got something explosive about him but in Spain and Italy they use they direct translation 'Extraño' or 'Estraneo' Wonder Woman, in China it comes out as "An extraordinary woman who is super", while the Japanese just smack it all out in katakana to Japan-ify Western words which probably goes something like this Wo-un-Da-Wo-um-Mu for Diana's name
and to Japanize Batman you just go Ba-To-Ma-Nu ( that might be バット and マン if I remember right )

[TOAA]

Few in Lithuanian language:

Captain America- Kapitonas Amerika.
Spider-Man- Žmogus voras.
The Thing- daiktas.
Iron Man- geležinis žmogus.

[Forgotten]

Some in Italian:

Spider-Man: L'uomo ragno (even if now they use the English name)
Hulk: the same, but we say it "Hoolk"
Captain America: Capitan America
Fantastic Four: I fantastici quattro
Invisible Woman: La donna invisibile
The Thing: La cosa
Human Torch: La torcia umana
Nightcrawler: in the past they used Lombrico, but since many years it's Nightcrawler
The Punisher: Il punitore, shortened "il puni"
The Juggernaut: Il Fenomeno (The Phenomenon)
Cyclops: Ciclope
Iceman: L'uomo ghiaccio
Beast: La bestia
Colossus: Colosso
Daredevil: Devil, without dare, nicknamed "Cornetto"(yeah, like the ice-cream, lol)
Red Skull: Il teschio rosso
Black Bolt: Freccia nera (Black Arrow)
Hercules: Ercole
High Evolutionary: L'alto evoluzionario
Hate Monger: Il seminatore d'odio

[passer-by]

In French:

Nightcrawler - Diablo
Wolverine - Serval at first, now Wolverine
Beast - Le Fauve
Iceman - Iceberg
Storm - Tornade
Banshee - Le Hurleur
Rogue - Malicia
Blob - Le Colosse (Colossus remains the same in French)
Shadowcat - Etincelle (Sprite ) at first, now Shadowcat
Hellfire Club - Le Club des Damnes
Cannonball - Rocket
Sunspot - Solar
Wolfsbane - Felina
Juggernaut - Le Fleau
The Thing - La Chose
Quicksilver - Vif-Argent
Silver Surfer - Le Surfer d'Argent ("argent" here only means "silver", Whirlwind, they weren't going for the "money" meaning )
Scarlet Witch - La Sorciere Rouge
Hawkeye - Oeil de Faucon
Mockingbird - Oiseau Moqueur
Doctor Doom - Docteur Fatalis
Spider-Man - L'Araignee at first, now Spider-Man
Ant-Man - L'Homme-Fourmi
Wasp - La Guepe
Yellowjacket - Pourpoint Jaune
Kingpin - Le Caid
Bullseye - Le Tireur
Green Goblin - Le Bouffon Vert
Red Skull - Crane Rouge


Most English names are kept the same in French.

That brings back some pretty old memories, from when I was reading Marvel books in French back in the late 80s and in the 90s...



P.S. - Hey, Gunslinger, give them some transcription, most people here can't read our Cyrillic alphabet.

Bulgarian:
Човекът Паяк - Spider-man Chovekut Payuk
Циклопът - Cyclops Tsikloput
Железният Човек - Iron Man Zhelezniyat Chovek
Фантастичната Четворка - Fantastic Four Fantastichnata Chetvorka
Върколак (means Werewolf) or Росомах - Wolverine Vurkolak, Rosomah
Нещото - The Thing Neshtoto

[stelok]

Tetsujin (鉄人) is a Japanese word meaning "iron man"

Japanese equivalent of Doctor Doom= domu-sensei? or (dumu-sensei?)

The Japanese word for Grim Reaper is Kuro no Shinigami.

The Italian for Grim Reaper= il Mietitore Oscuro.



In German:

The Red Skull= der rote Schädel
Black Knight= der schwarze Ritter
Baron Wolfgang von Strucker= "Wolfgang Freiherr von Strucker".
Warrior Woman= Kriegerin

Warrior Woman's accurate German translation is Kriegerin, not Krieger Frau as badly stated in comics (Krieger is a male variant of the warrior). Kriegerfrau may mean "warrior's wife" in German.

In Germany, the so-called Hauptmann Deutschland, a minor character from Gru's era, was renamed Freiheitskämpfer (Freedom Fighter).

[RolandJP]

Black Panther

KEM(black) NEBIBI: Egyptian name meaning "panther."
MELAS PANTERA: Latin form of Greek Melas-meaning black, and Pantheras, meaning "all-hunter," i.e. "panther.
MKATEEWA TECUMSEH: Native American Shawnee name meaning "Black" and "panther passing across."

[Global Honored]

Very cool topic and interesting to see how certain names are translated/changed in different languages and cultures.

The Brazilian Secret Wars story in a recent comic legends revealed piece was also an interesting read.

Have you guys seen the old Japanese Spider Man TV series? Now that is bizarre.

[PurpleNinja]

I can put few finnish ones. Most of them are direct translations.

Spiderman- Hämähäkkimies
Shehulk- Hulktar
Iron Man- Rautamies
War Machine- Sotakone
Warlock - Sotakone ( yep same as above)
Thing- Möykky
Nightcrawler - Painajainen ( direct translation is Nightmare)
Quicksilver- Elohopea
Hawkeye- Haukansilmä
Scarletwitch- Purppuranoita
Colossus- Kolossi
Absorbing Man- Imijä
Lizard- Lisko
Silver Surfer- Hopea Surffari
Rhino- Sarvikuono
Shocker- Tärisyttäjä
Cypher- Koodi
Cannonball- Kanuunankuula
Beast- Peto
Mockingbird- Matkijalintu
Shadowcat- Varjokissa

There are names that haven´t been translated like Wolverine and Dr. Doom.

[Vidocq]

In Latin American Spanish

Spiderman Hombre Araña
Wolverine Geopardo (Lobesno in Spain's Spanish)
The Thing La Mole
Nightcrawler Nocturno
Shadowcat Sombra
Green Goblin Duende Verde
Captain America Capitan America
Avengers Vengadores
Dr. Strange Dr Extraño
Hulk is also Hulk in latin America but I read some translated comics that refer to him as La Masa
Quicksilver Mercurio
Valerie Richards Valeria Richards
Dr Doom is usually reffered to as Dr Doom, but the recent Fantastic Four cartoon dubbed him as Dr. Muerte and his name as Victor Von Muerte.
Wasp Avispa
Jubilee Jubilo
Man-thing Hombre Cosa
Rogue used to be called Titania but now a days she is reffered to as Rogue.

[Shyft]

It seems alot of the " XYZ-Man" names dont really roll off the tongue in other languages!

Probably my favourite is Visao for Vision. Sounds awesome.

[Ronin II]

Croatian:

Spider-Man=Čovjek-Pauk
Green Goblin=Zeleni Goblin
Sandman=Pješčani
Invisible woman=Nevidljiva Žena
Human Torch=Ljudska Baklja
The Thing=Stvor
Cyclops=Kiklop
Colossus=Kolos
Storm=Oluja
Sabretooth=Sabljozubi
Nightmare=Noćnomornik

That's all I can think of at the moment... :(