Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29759785-20170112195315/@comment-1173941-20170112205442

Well, I wouldn't fault them for trying to appease fans. After all, the books are for the usual fans willing to read the source material; not for us picky fanatics here that try to pick apart every little mistake, haha.

Their approach is more favorable, as opposed to some of Yen Press's decisions, where they changed otherwise familiar terms (Rosary => Rosario), however I can't find myself disagreeing with YP's "Zuberg", simply because it makes more sense than "Schu". It sounds alien to a German speaker, sure, but it also sounds Alien to Japanese and English speakers. It's more than likely based off of German spelling, but not really meant to be a German lastname.

The names in UnderWorld are arbitrary, and partially random to begin with. It's canon that UnderWorld people only use Kana to write their names, and the names parents give their children are basically wishes of what they hope their child to become. It's effectively random kana strung together, and I think the same could be said about family names.

As such, I think the way their names are transcribed is a matter of interpretation, as long as they are consistent.