Re: Translation of city names

What about people's names?

Is it true that "Louis Armstrong" in Italian is "Luigi Fortebraccio"?

Luis Armstrong is the same, in Italian, for sure ! As it would sound
very funny translated.

You say same, but you use a different spelling of Louis.
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