Hogwarts Staff (J & V)

(For the romanisation of Japanese, see Transliteration. To understand the writing systems of CJV, see Writing Systems. Note: Vietnamese transliterations are taken from footnotes to the main text.)

Wizards in Rowling's magical world often have Latin-derived names ending in '-us' (Albus, Remus, Rubeus, Argus, etc). It's interesting that the Japanese translator uses both English-style pronunciations rhyming with 'bus' (e.g. アルバス Arubasu) and Latin-style pronunciations rhyming with 'puss' (e.g. ルビウス Rubiusu). Note that 教授 kyōju and giáo sư both mean 'Professor'. 先生 sensei and thầy mean 'teacher'.

TEACHERS AND STAFF OF HOGWARTS
English	Japanese	Vietnamese	Notes
Albus Dumbledore	アルバス・ダンブルドア Arubasu Danburudoa	Albus Dumbledore (An-bớt Đâm-bơ-đo)	Dumbledore is a venerable authority figure but his name in English tends to deflate this impression - it's an old word for 'bumble bee'! The Japanese and Vietnamese are straightforward transliterations.
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (full name)	アルバス・パーシバル・ウルフリック・ブライアン・ダンブルドア Arubasu Pāshibaru Urufurikku Buraian Danburudoa	Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (An-bơtx Pơc-xi-van Gu-phric Brai-ân Đâm-bơ-đơ)
Minerva McGonagall	ミネルバ･マクゴナガル Mineruba Makugonagaru	giáo sư McGonagall (giáo sư Mắc-gôn-gôn)	ミネルバ Mineruba is the Roman goddess of learning, which is why her name is transliterated with the Latin reading (the 'r' is pronounced), not the English. マクゴナガル Makugonagaru is technically accurate (every consonant and vowel is fully represented), but the pronunciation is nothing like the English! The name would not be found strange by the マクドナルド Makudonarudo ('McDonald's') generation. Vietnamese, with its repeated 'gon' sound, is less accurate phonetically than the Japanese but sounds more congenial.
Dolores Jane Umbridge	ドローレス・ジェーン・アンブリッジ Dorōres Jēn Anburijji	Dolores Jane Umbridge (Umbridge = Âm-brit-giơ)	Phonetic.
Severus Snape	セブルス･スネイプ Seburusu Suneipu	Severus Snape (Xi-vi-rớt Xi-nạp)	The Vietnamese translator relates 'Snape' to the English name 'snap', glossing his name as thầy Quát, 'Scolding/abusive teacher'.
Professor Quirrel	クィレル教授 Kwireru kyōju	giáo sư Quirrell (giáo sư Quia ria)
Mr Flitwick	フリットウィック先生 Furittowikku sensei	giáo sư Flitwick (giáo sư Fít-guých)
Professor Sprout	スプラウト先生 Supurauto sensei	giáo sư Sprout (giáo sư X-prao)	Phonetic renderings.
Professor Binns	ビンズ先生 Binzu sensei	giáo sư Binns (giáo sư Bi-ni / giáo sư Bin)
Gilderoy Lockhart	ギルデロイ･ロックハート Giruderoi Rokkuhāto	Gilderoy Lockhart (Gin-đơ-roi Lốc-hác)	In one footnote, the Vietnamese translator also gives the pronunciation Lốc-hạc.
Remus Lupin	リーマス･ルーピン Riimasu Rūpin	Lupin (Lu-pin)	In the Vietnamese footnotes, Lupin is glossed as thầy Sói, 'Teacher Wolf'.
Sibyll Trelawney	シビル･トレローニー Shibiru Torerōnii	Sibyll Trelawney (Si-biu Tri-lon-ni)
Professor Grubbly-Plank	グラブリー･プランク先生 Guraburii Puranku sensei	giáo sư Grubbly-Plank (giáo sư Grấp-bli Planh)
Mad-eye Moody	マッド ‒ アイ･ムーディ Maddo-ai Mūdi	Moody Mắt- Điên	In Japanese, 'Mad-eye Moody' is transliterated phonetically. In Vietnamese, Mắt-Điên means 'Crazy-eye'. Moody is glossed as tính khí thất thường ('irregular disposition') or tính khí bất thường ('unusual disposition'), but no pronunciation is given.
Professor Marchbanks	グリゼルダ・マーチバンクス教授	giáo sư Marchbanks
Madam Pomfrey	マダム･ポンフリー Madamu Ponfurii	bà Pomfrey (bà Pom-phị)
Madam Hooch	マダム･フーチ Madamu Fūchi	bà Hooch (bà Húc)	Madam Hooch's name in Japanese could be interpreted either as 'Madam Hooch' or as 'Madam Fooch'.
Madam Pince	マダムピンス Madamu Pinsu	bà Pince (bà Panh-xờ)	The Vietnamese transliteration of 'Pince' appears to be based on the French pronunciation.
Professor Tofty		giáo sư Tofty
Professor Sinistra	シニストラ教授	giáo sư Sinistra
Horace Slughorn	ホラス・スラグホーン	Horace Slughorn
Argus Filch	アーガス･フィルチ Āgasu Firuchi	Argus Filch (ông Fít / ông Phích / A-gớt)	Vietnamese phonetics has problems with endings like 'lch', wreaking havoc with Filch's name.
Rubeus Hagrid	ルビウス･ハグリッド Rubiusu Haguriddo	Hagrid (Hả-gờ-rịt)	Without being too pedantic, ルビウス Rubiusu should really be either ルベウス Rubeusu if it wants to be Latin or Rūbiasu ルービアス if it wants to be English.