[Primoz]

Originally Posted by Graham Boak

As in Gdansk/Danzig, you mean? Or a lot of other examples in Eastern Europe? I'm afraid that statement doesn't seem to stand up.

This and other examples in Eastern Europe are quite different as - unlike Marseille - one can't always tell which name is "original". There were many ethnic minorities especially in Eastern (and Central) Europe and they had their own toponyms (including German names). But it must be very annoying to non-German readers of English translations if such exonyms are not translated. Names like Steinamanger (Szombathely), Fünfkirchen (Pécs), Lüttich (Liège) etc. etc. are absolutely normal in German books but are out of place in English translations.