Should the primary name of a non-english series or film be in English?

[Skavau]

I see examples of both here. My instinct is to presume that this is an English-language based site, so non-english series and films should have their english name but I do see other examples where the English name is the alternative title.

[iconogassed]

I see examples of both here. My instinct is to presume that this is an English-language based site, so non-english series and films should have their english name but I do see other examples where the English name is the alternative title.

In some cases the original non-English title is "the English title" in that the film was only ever known by the non-English title in English-speaking culture. Listing Belle de jour as anything other than Belle de jour would be idiocy.

[Scholar69420]

The following is what Wiki has to say about IMDb's policy "Originally, IMDb's English language sites displayed titles according to their original country-of-origin language, however, in 2010 IMDb began allowing individual users in the UK and US to choose primary title display by either the original-language titles, or the US or UK release title."

In other words, absolve the site of taking any sort of stance, and let users argue about it on a case by case basis in the forums. I for one would like to see The Young Girls of Rochefort renamed to sound elegantly cultural. Anyone who disagrees has unsavoury political sympathies.

[geohawk]

I typically enter the title used at IMDB. I will put in an alt if

• * IMDB lists an alt in the main page header for an item
  * The source country uses a title that reflects a possibly popular source material
  * An alt title is required so that the item is returned using the title employed for English-North American distribution (my own bias)

From a user's perspective, if I am likely to encounter the item with a particular title, I need the item to be returned on a search using that title.