Board Thread:Wikia Discussion/@comment-25683568-20150318062713/@comment-25351051-20150413111440

Regarding 号. I also oppose the idea of translating into type. Type is already the translation for  式, and in my view, doubling up would cause misunderstandings in the non-Japanese community, which, in fact, would be part of a reason why the new translation ideaas were proposed.

Regarding the Kai, I don't think that the half-translation is a good idea. I think that Japanese > English, and Hindu-Arabic remains as is. This is in part, connected to the widely accepted usage of Kai Ni in the non-Japanese community, and also, the fact that some parts are in kanji, whilst there is Hindu-Arabic in the original names (e.g. the radars), so consistency should be kept.

In terms of this consistency, I think that some Western naming conventions can be ignored, partially to show that this object is not Western, and also, the Western name doesn't sound less broken and weird than the direct translation.