I used to work as a Japanese to English Translator. It's all to common to see titles like this become the canonical English title because some editor who has a shaky knowledge of English says so. Once the title is canon it's hard to push back against it even when you as a translator know better.
I've always been convinced Donkey Kong is named thus because some Japanese guy mistook 'donkey' for 'monkey'. (Haven't bothered to look for the history though so feel free to set me straight)
My favorite is when the original Google Translate translation is drawn into the artwork for a series and cemented forever as official. Bandai seems especially prone to this.
