I'm not sure about other countries, but one thing I did notice when living in Wales is that there did seem in many (most) cases to be a consistently preferred name. For this reason there is a problem automatically adding name:en for an English variant of a name where most English speakers would use the Welsh name. Someone wishing to render a map for English speakers would end up rendering legitimate but antiquated or seldom used English names rather than the Welsh name that most English speakers would actually use. Thus, I would caution against a separate name:en tag where the name tag already carries the name preferred by English speakers.I would suggest alt_name:en or old_name:en respectively for less common variants.
The same argument applies to the (somewhat rarer) places where the English names are preferred by Welsh speakers. Over enthusiasm amongst some councils in recent decades has sometimes resulted in places signed with ancient or newly-contrived Welsh translations of names. IIRC the Welsh Language Board was somewhat critical of this behaviour. If the names have no currency amongst Welsh speakers, I would advise against a name:cy tag, preferring alt_name:cy, old_name:cy or official_name:cy. Regards, Adam
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