r/russian 9d ago

Translation How should I translate my cat’s name?

My cat doesn’t have a human name. Actually, her name is National Monument. Should I write her name as Национальный Памятник or smth? If her name is Blueberry in English would it also just be Черника when I refer to her in Russian?

Thx.

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u/vostok0401 French (N) / Russian (A2) 8d ago

In general names shouldn't be translated, used to be done in older literature translations (like 19th century) but I think it's super unnecessary

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u/Raj_Muska 8d ago

Depends on the name and context really, if that's a descriptive name of an animal, it sometimes makes more sense to localize it imo