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no, the best translation is "death god". especially seeing as that's the literal translation of the characters of "shinigami".

any other translation is just a Westernization of the concept, which isn't necessarily bad for comprehension's sake. but if you're debating accurate translation "grim reaper", "soul reaper", or anything other than literally "death"+"god" is a localization.