Titles of places

Question

When naming a place in an English speaking country, should you keep the name the same. For instance would you translate the town name Redwood?

Answer 1

It depends - generally it should be the name used in the country, but the pronunciation may be different - for example I am from the UK and reporters say 'Paris' sounding the is at the end with a Spanish s but in France they pronounce it like Paree. Many years ago the same reporters would say Nice the French city in the south like the English word while the French say it like the English word niece - now reporters in the UK all say it to sound like niece. However, some larger cities are known by different names in different countries - London is Londres in Spain and the Dutch town of Den Haag is The Hague in the UK and La Haya in Spain.

Answer 2

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Yes, I believe that you would keep the same name, with a few exceptions maybe.

Here in the United States, we have towns/cities with Spanish names, and they are kept that way, we just usually pronounce it different, and that is probably the case with your questions. They would pronounce Redwood or whatever name with Spanish pronunciation.

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