Pokelingo.

Ben dropped me a line to tell me about his site Pokelingo: A small thing you might enjoy. The Pokémon called Drampa in English (grandpa + dragon, an elderly dragon) is Sen-Long in German: Latin senex glued to Chinese 龙. The French went with Draïeul (dragon + aïeul) and the Chinese with 老翁龙. The Japanese original and the Korean name both borrow the Chinese word for dragon as well, so three different teams reached for 龙 rather than their own word. It’s from Pokelingo, a fan site I made that takes each Pokémon’s name apart in the nine languages the games are published in. The names are the official ones, but their makers never explain them, so the breakdowns are the readings most widely agreed on. Your commenters may well have better ones. I do enjoy it, and I hope you will too. Thanks, Ben!

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