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In the first episode of _That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime_ , we are
introduced to a storm dragon named "Verudora" ([episode
1](https://www.crunchyroll.com/that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-
slime/episode-1-the-storm-dragon-veldora-777519), time code 16:38 at
Crunchyroll). From episode 2 onward, the dragon's name was altered to
"Veldora". The show's English [wikipedia
article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Time_I_Got_Reincarnated_as_a_Slime)
shows his/her name in Japanese as "(ヴェルドラ Verudora)". So why did the
production company start with one pronunciation and immediately switch to
another on the next episode? I remember that some reviewers on YouTube had
problems pronouncing the dragon's name for that first episode, but it's really
not that hard, just four short syllables, each ending with a vowel.

(Note that I went ahead and asked my question, knowing that the episode 1 sub
script has already been altered in the last few weeks to use "Veldora", just
like all the other episodes.)


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Why did the storm dragon's name change from Verudora to Veldora in the anime?


The japanese writing system doesn't have a symbol for just the `l` sound. The
closest they have are the symbols in the `r` column in the kana table. The `u`
row is most often used when the vowel is silent. So you end up with ru: ル.
Which means that if you ask someone to write Veldora in katakana they would
effectively write Verudora.

However when translating to a latin alphabet and you only have the katakana to
base yourself on you must try and divine what the author wanted with the name.
Official translators can ask the author though sometimes there is a delay with
the reply. So the translators have to go with _something_ until they got the
official answer back.


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