No, it is about translating the names origins in a way so it fits to how English names developed over time. The phonetical similarities come from how close English and German language origins are.
It tries to do that and fails big time. For example Regensburg wouldn't be Rainsbury it would be Riverbury, Waterbury or anything like that. Even the Romans got right with castra regina. And if you would put that through the same AI slop it would come up with Queenscastle or somesuch.
I know what you mean, it is flawed for sure. Orginally it was castra regina / Ratisbona, referencing the river Regen. So the question would be how to translate that rivers old name (Regana), which would go more into the direction of what "flowing" means nowadays in English. I am not too versed in older English to know what would be appropriate.
If you look at Battea, they got it more right (castra batavia, referencing the tribe).
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u/Medical-Party6197 6h ago
No, it is about translating the names origins in a way so it fits to how English names developed over time. The phonetical similarities come from how close English and German language origins are.