User blog comment:Jopjopjop/Volume 18 Spoilers/@comment-82.242.251.205-20140623232716/@comment-73.178.133.185-20140630002209

Just curious, but where do you see it say that "Durandal" is French and "Durendel" is English?

Anyway, I understand what you're saying but the reason Durandal is translated with an a is because the katakana in デュランダル is Dyurandaru and if you look it up on the jap wiki it only has that translation. (Truthfully, I feel that "Durendel" just looks weird). Hauteclaire/Hauteclere is less obvious, its katakana オートクレール renders as Ōtokurēru and can easily translate as either or. Plus there is no Jap wiki page. Having said that, if I look it up via google, the top pages all use "Hauteclaire" and クレール translates as Claire. n0m@n most likely used the other form because it appears first on the wiki page or something. Thus, I don't see why it can't take that form, and it does keep consistency with Durandal. Though, if we're doing that, I might move for Bikō to be changed to Chinese "Měi Hóu" for consistency with Sūn Wùkōng,  Yù-Lóng and  Cáo Cāo. (Note: other characters from the "Journey to the West" should also appear in Chinese if they don't, as well).