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In _Tower of God_ , people's names changed from one chapter to the next.

Example:

  * Jahad to Zahard
  * Lahel to Rachel

Why is that?


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Why do people's names change in Tower of God?


Name changes could be for a few different reasons. Most of the time, however,
the English spelling differs because two different translators just decide to
spell it differently.

In Korean, there is no Z sound. There is only a J sound, so words with the J
sound like Jahad might be translated into Zahard depending on the translator's
interpretation. As for the additional R in the name, that is really up for
interpretation as well because English soft A sounds can be spelled like that.
**In this case, Zahard and Jahad will produce the same sound in Korean despite
the English spelling differences. The spelling difference was only due to
translator interpretations.**

As for the Lahel to Rachel, this is a somewhat different case. Lahel is
actually how the name sounds phonetically (pronounced lie-yell). Rachel is the
English conversion of the name. It is like how the name Steven is Etienne in
French. **Lahel in Korean translates to Rachel in English.**


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