This may be of interest to you. (A discussion on alt.books.pratchett about translating the names in Discworld books.)
And if anyone has a copy of the original discworld companion I'm sure there's a bit in there by the man himself about translating names... unfortunately my copy is buried somewhere in double-stacked bookshelves. I'll try and dig it out.
Rob
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That statement is either so deep it would take a lifetime to fully comprehend every particle of its meaning, or it is a load of absolute tosh. Which is it, I wonder?
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather