Dub Name Change/English to Russian

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Literature

  • Discworld
    • Granny Weatherwax to Vetrovosk (made up of "wind" and "wax" (substance))
    • Nanny Ogg to Yagg (to resemble Baba Yaga of Russian folk tales)
    • Nobby Nobbs to Shnobby Shnobbs (Rule of Funny)
    • Ponder Stibbons to Dumming Tups (from "think" and "thick")
    • Windle Poons to Vetrom Sdums ("blown away by the wind")
    • Kazanunda the dwarf got nicknamed "Kazanunder" in one book.
  • Harry Potter
    • In the official translation:
      • Lord Voldemort/Tom Marvolo Riddle to Lord Volan-de-Mort/Tom Marvolo Reddl (his second name also was briefly changed to "Narvolo" in the second book for the anagram's sake)
      • Grindelwald to Grin-de-Wald
      • Ravenclaw to Kogtevran (pretty much literal, "claw-raven")
      • Hufflepuff to Puffenduy
      • Beauxbatons to Charmbatons (perhaps to make it sound more French)
      • Longbottom to Dolgopups
      • Severus Snape to Severus Snegg (resembling 'sneg' = snow, probably to match 'sever' = north; that's why you may often see a Snegg falling outside the window in fanfics)
      • Luna Lovegood to Polumna Lovegood (resembling 'poloumnaya' = half-witted)
      • Slughorn to Sliznort (something like 'slimy mouth' misspelt)
      • Mundungus to Nazemnikus (something like 'on-the-ground-us')
      • Alastor Moody to Alastor Gryum (more or less literal)
      • Hedwig to Buklya (playing with 'head-wig')
      • Buckbeak to Klyuvokryl ('beak-wing')
      • Griphook to Kryukokhvat (literal translation)
      • Horcrux to Krestrazh (a mixture of 'cross' and 'guard' with something like 'fear' appearing in the middle)
    • Unofficial translations:
      • Severus Snape to Zlodeus Zley (it literally means 'Villainous Evil', which gave the translator quite a lot of trouble with the last two books)
      • Barty Crouch to Barty Sgorbs (a verbal monster produced from the verb 'crouch' in a couple of remote associations)
      • Ludo Bagman to Ludo Shulman
      • Hagrid to Ogrid (perhaps from 'ogre'?)
      • Tonks to Boms
      • Kingsley Shacklebolt to Kingsley Candalier (something like 'shackler')
      • Oliver Wood to Oliver Drev
      • Batilda Bagshot to Batilda Zhukpuk (literally... erm... 'beetle-fart')
    • This fandub of the HP&PS movie is famously infamous till today and is probably going to live for ages. Among its loads of perfectly meaningless text, it features (guess who is who) Tuna and Wallie Dursbey, Rubyist Hagred, Dusty Grizzly, Drinko Malforey, Drinko Manforay, Drinko Monforay, Neville Lambert, Neville Lombash, Monya Krenger, Ron Winceley, MacGalligan, Snake, Elvis Dulmogor, Elvis Dolmondor, Elvis Dumbledon, Elvis Dolomonodor, Voldemot and Valdemot.
  • The Lord of the Rings withstood seven published translations into Russian and who-knows-how-many unpublished or incomplete ones.
    • V. Murav'yov & A. Kistyakovsky translation:
      • Frodo Baggins became Torbins ('torba' = bag), his faithful servant being Sam Scrombee
      • Rivendell to Razdol ('vast expanse')
      • Rohan to Mustangrim or Ristania
      • Glorfindel to Vseslavur
    • N.Grigor'yeva & V. Grushetsky translation:
      • Frodo Baggins to Frodo Sumniks ('suma' also means 'bag')
      • Rivendell to Dol'n
    • M. Kamenkovich & V. Karrik translation:
      • Strider to Brodyaga-Shire-Shag ('vagrant-step-wider')
      • Butterbur to Narkiss, Maslyutik, Medovar, Podsolnukh, Pivnyuk and simply 'inn-keeper' in different translations.

Western Animation

  • Nearly all Transformers characters were given new names in the cartoons but the original names were kept in the movie trilogy, which probably confused the fans. Examples:
    • Cliffjumper -> Skalolaz ("mountain climber")
    • Ironhide -> Bronevik ("armored car")
    • Sideswipe -> Apperkot ("uppercut")
    • Sunstreaker -> Mertsatel' ("twinkler")
    • Trailbreaker -> Sledopyt ("pathfinder")
    • Windcharger -> Razryadnik ("discharger")
    • Jetfire -> Istrebitel' ("fighter" or "exterminator")
    • Grimlock -> Smel'chak ("daredevil")
    • Powerglide -> Vetrorez ("wind-cutter")
    • Warpath -> Tomagavk ("tomahawk")
    • Grapple -> Granit
    • Red Alert -> Panikyor ("panicker")
    • Silverbolt -> Arbalet ("crossbow")
    • Starscream -> Skandalist ("brawler")
    • Soundwave -> Barkhan ("dune")
    • Shockwave -> Vzryvala ("blower-upper")
    • Kickback -> Prygoon ("jumper")
    • Dead End -> Chyort ("demon")
    • Devil Z -> Povelitel' ("overlord")
    • Overlord -> Vlastitel' ("sovereign")
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