Talk:Art Pavilion, Zagreb

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The result of the move request was: Moved. There were good arguments on both sides, but there is a narrow consensus to do the move. The fact that the institution prefers this terminology isn't decisive for us given the wording of

Oppose - This is not a language issue at all, it sounds just as strange in Croatian as it does in English. There are other more usual alternatives which would sound more natural in the native language (e.g. Zagrebački umjetnički paviljon would make much more sense, and would literally translate as "Zagreb Art Pavilion" or "Art Pavilion of Zagreb") but this is not the case. They actually prefer to have it named this way in both languages, which is all the more reason to keep it as it is. In addition, the toponym after a comma implies the toponym is not in the institution's official name and is there just for disambiguation purposes, which is misleading. The toponym is there, it just isn't there in the most common format one would expect to find. A similar case is

Croatian National Theatre in Osijek. Timbouctou (talk) 16:07, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply

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Again, we don't take a translation into English on a foreign website as gospel, since English on foreign websites, official or otherwise, is often extremely weird. I have seen this "in" construction many times in Eastern European languages translated into English and it looks odd every time. It's just not how native English speakers construct names. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:10, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Again, it is weird in Croatian as well, which is why it should be kept as it is. It is meant to be weird, do you get it? Besides, the construction is perfectly grammatical in English (i.e. regardless of being less common it is perfectly plausible), so there's no linguistic reason to change it. Timbouctou (talk) 16:12, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And why is it meant to be weird? Are the names of the other institutions named with an "in" (there are quite a few of them) meant to be weird too? The Archaeological Museum, for instance, or the Classical Gymnasium or the National and University Library? There are numerous other examples from other cities in Croatia and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe. Wow, those hilarious Croatians, my sides are splitting! Or could it just be that these are direct literal translations from a language which uses a construction that is not usual in English? Yes, it may be grammatical, but it's certainly not normal or intuitive. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:24, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Again, it is not usual in Croatian either, and yet they choose to keep the construction as it is. I understand your obsession to put it all in neat categories, claiming our readers are too retarded to find an article on an

Art Pavilion, not Art Pavilion, Zagreb, as there are no other articles about Art Pavilions on Wikipedia. Timbouctou (talk) 16:35, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply

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I really don't think I claimed our users were retarded or even vaguely suggested it. I just like article titles on English Wikipedia that have been translated into English to actually sound English and not like some weird hybridisation (which is, trust me, quite a problem around the project as many people creating and writing articles are not native English speakers and have strange ideas about English construction and a fondness for using literal instead of intuitive translation - I've renamed hundreds of such bizarrely named articles over the years). If the title in the native language is retained, then fine; if it's translated into English then it should actually be English. -- Necrothesp (talk) 08:52, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment.

WP:UE

says:

In deciding whether and how to translate a foreign name into English, follow English-language usage. If there is no established English-language treatment for a name, translate it if this can be done without loss of accuracy and with greater understanding for the English-speaking reader.

...which arguably means it's Art Pavilion, Zagreb. GregorB (talk) 11:58, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

...and Support therefore. GregorB (talk) 18:08, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. There are cases in English language that use exactly this form with famous case of the

You will note that our article is simply at Columbia University! The move request is nothing to do with which version is shorter, but with which version is better English. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:01, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I do not have a strong preferences here. It just seemed to me that you mentioned that this formulation is unusual for English language and than I remembered this example (Columbia University) that actually use this formulation. I do not know if that's the case here since in Croatian I can find both vesions Umjetnički paviljon and Umjetnički paviljon u Zagrebu. Even on their official web page. Have a nice day.--MirkoS18 (talk) 11:49, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Support This seems obvious to me. Even the Croatian Wikipedia has the title Umjetnički paviljon. There's no indication that "in Zagreb" is part of its actual name in any language. --BDD (talk) 15:11, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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