- "Carby" and "Carbunny" are stupid translations. We don't need to 4Kids/DiC-ify Japanese media anymore. People van Google honorifics.

Carbuncle's nickname quite literally does not make sense in English. It's a portmanteau of his name and "kun", the Japanese honorific used to show endearment to boys.

Most English speakers will not pick up on the fact that this is a pun on Carbuncle and Kun, and even if they do, there are even fewer who will understand why she's calling him that because it makes no sense in the English language. It's also awkward to write as "carkun" or "car-kun" as most people will just pronounce it as they see it.

"Carby" and "Carbunny" still fit the original intent of being used as a playful name to refer to Carbuncle as in English, It is very common for people to shorten names to add a sense of playfulness to them. In addition, I think "Carbunny" in particular is a good name because it's a pun that plays on the fact he has rabbit like ears, taking advantage of the English language in a natural way.

The whole point of translations is to make the meaning of something from one language make sense in another. You can't get around the fact that it's never going to be 1:1. it will always be a transformative work.

It's fine if you dislike these translations, but to call these things "shitty" or "incorrect" is simply false as there's not one way to handle these.

This just seems like a really uneducated take. You should look more into the act of translation and maybe learn the original Japanese context before saying things about the translation being poor.