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- Info: Dragon Ball Z, and the Dragon Ball series in general...
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I'd recommend watching Dragon Ball in Japanese. Then Dragon Ball Z in Japanese, or Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters either in Japanese or English. The Final Chapters isn't officially translated in English yet however, so you might want to opt to watch DBZ episodes 200-291 in Japanese instead of The Final Chapters.
Dragon Ball GT isn't based on the manga, and is completely ignored by the new TV series sequel Dragon Ball Super, but if you want to watch it, I recommend either the Japanese version or the Blue Water dub.
Character names tend to be more or less the same. The hugest terminology differences lie with attack technique names, but honestly those tend to be obvious and shouldn't stop anyone from enjoying the series.
The English subtitles for the Japanese version included with Funimation's official home video releases are good stuff.