How to translate 城隍庙 into English? In Chinese folklores, 城隍 often makes an appearance; the temple a 城隍 is worshipped is called 城隍庙. How do we translate into English?
'城隍' is an officer title in the after-world
'城' stand for '城牆'(city wall); '隍' means 'moat'. '城隍爺' means 'officer of city wall and moat'. Therefore, '城隍庙' should be translated as 'Temple of the civic deity'
But I prefer transliterate '城隍' as'Cheng Huang' and '城隍庙' as 'Cheng Huang Temple'
Edit:

civic:
relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal
synonyms: municipal, city, town, urban, metropolitan

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deity:
noun: deity; plural noun: deities
a god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion)

So, I guess &quot;Town god's Temple&quot; is also a correct translation for '城隍庙'. However, Town god sounded more like a description of 土地公 (local god)