Thread:FrenchTouch/@comment-9803708-20170320065150/@comment-6548012-20170320101527

Suh dude,

Well, first off that is a good idea, obviously, but you need to think about the context in which it will inscribe itself before you can start: the way a nickname gains enough recognition is through influential groups and large demographics, so it would come from the media, Internet groups and organizations; so taking that into account you must put yourself in these people's boots to see what would be better&mdash;in the case of the media, well, in China most of it's aligned with communism, so that's a whole 'nother problem to just tell yourself if and how they would talk about him, but on the matter of his name, I would imagine that they'd look for something catchy, clever, or that benefits them in another way, so Yóuxiá could be good for their SEO (because yes even that matters) and it's a catchy name, but that would depict him in an overwhelmingly good light, so if that's what you want, you should use that (and since we're at it trying to combine the two suggestions is probably not a great idea) whereas if you want the opposite effect to take place, you could name him Xiáxiāo (trad. 鴞俠 simp. 鸮侠) which would roughly mean, if I'm not incorrect, something along the lines of “knight-errant owl” and “chivalrous owl person” but it also look and sounds a bit like xiǎoxiǎo (小小) which means “minuscule,” “itty bitty,” basically it's not peticularly meliorative, (also it's a little nod to the rather popular xiǎoxiǎozuòpǐn cartoon series by Zhū Zhìqiáng) additionally since the character 小 represents someone with arms down, it kinda portrays him as unprotected and cowardly, which the government would probably want to if he operates there against their consent, but maybe that would be too much, and I'd understand&mdash;if you use it though, you could say that some Internet communities would essentially bypass any potential censoring by using the name Yèxiāo (夜鴞) but here's the catch: they wouldn't write it in any of those ways but rather as yexiao or yèxiao exclusively, if not sometimes 業小 which very literally means “work little” but the “work” here is a noun, not a verb, so I guess it would be “work of the little” or “little work”, anyhow, quite visibly a mockery of labour, which is the foundation of China's politics. (also note I'm clearly not as clever with workarounds as some of these guys, seriously) That's about all I have about China.

Concerning Japan, well, yeah, Rōnin would be a good choice even with these terms, but I would also imagine there would also be a much more Americanized term due, well, the influence of American communication, especially in Japan, so something along the lines of Naitōwo (ナイトーヲ) which the best transcription I can come up with, hence is most probably very incorrect.

Other than that, I think other countries would just translate or take the American-given name as is, because it would represent unnecessary work to come up with more names for that.

Post scriptum: That would be a nice reference for sure, but is there really something that makes KO especially worthy of this affective nickname, and would Kang really use that? Those are probably questions you've already answered yourself but you know, just curious. All in all it would be a nice idea, yeah.